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PROSPECTING AND COLONISATION.

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GRIFFIN'S "NEW LAND" SERIES.

THIRD EDITION, Revised. With Illustrations. Handsome Cloth, 58.

PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS.

A Practical Handbook for Prospectors, Explorers, Settlers, and all interested in the Opening up and Development of New Lands.

BY

S. HERBERT COX, Assoc. R.S.M., M. Inst. M.M., F.G.S., &c.

GENERAL CONTENTS.-Introduction and Hints on Geology-The Determination of Minerals: Use of the Blow-pipe, &c.-Rock-forming Minerals and NonMetallic Minerals of Commercial Value: Rock Salt, Borax, Marbles, Lithographic Stone, Quartz and Opal, &c., &c.-Precious Stones and Gems-Stratified Deposits: Coal and Ores-Mineral Veins and Lodes-Irregular Deposits Dynamics of Lodes: Faults, &c.-Alluvial Deposits-Noble Metals: Gold, Platinum, Silver, &c.-Lead--Mercury-Copper-Tin-Zinc-Iron-Nickel, &c. Sulphur, Antimony, Arsenic, &c.-Combustible Minerals-PetroleumGeneral Hints on Prospecting-Glossary-Index.

"This ADMIRABLE LITTLE WORK written with SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY in a CLEAR and LUCID style. An IMPORTANT ADDITION to technical literature will be of value not only to the Student, but to the experienced Prospector. If the succeeding volumes of the NEW LAND SERIES are equal in merit to the First, we must congratulate the Publishers on successfully filling up a gap in existing literature. -Mining Journal.

"This EXCELLENT HANDBOOK will prove a perfect Vade-mecum to those engaged in the practical work of Mining and Metallurgy."-Times of Africa.

With many Engravings and Photographs. Handsome Cloth, 4s. 6d.

FOOD SUPPLY.

BY ROBERT BRUCE,

Agricultural Superintendent to the Royal Dublin Society.

With Appendix on Preserved Foods by C. A. MITCHELL, B.A., F.L.C. GENERAL CONTENTS.-Climate and Soil-Drainage and Rotation of Crops-Seeds and Crops-Vegetables and Fruits-Cattle and CattleBreeding-Sheep and Sheep Rearing-Pigs-Poultry-Horses-The Dairy -The Farmer's Implements-The Settler's Home.

" BRISTLES WITH INFORMATION."-Farmers' Gazette.

"The work is one which will appeal to those intending to become farmers at home or in the Colonies, and who desire to obtain a general idea of the true principles of farming in ALL ITS BRANCHES."-Journal of the Royal Colonial Inst.

"A most READABLE and VALUABLE book, and merits an EXTENSIVE SALE."—Scottish Farmer.

"Will prove of service in ANY PART OF THE WORLD."- Nature.

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CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.

FOURTH EDITION, Revised, and brought thoroughly up-to-date by L. H. COOKE, Instructor in Mine Surveying, Royal College of Science. With Frontispiece and 716 Illustrations. Price 348.

ORE & STONE MINING.

BY

C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S.,

PROFESSOR OF MINING, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE; EXAMINER IN MINING TO
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,

GENERAL CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION. Mode of Occurrence of Minerals.-Prospecting.-Boring. -Breaking Ground.-Supporting Excavations.-Exploitation.-Haulage or Transport.-Hoisting or Winding. - Drainage.-Ventilation. -Lighting.Descent and Ascent.-Dressing-Principles of Employment of Mining Labour. -Legislation affecting Mines and Quarries.-Condition of the Miner.Accidents.-Index.

"Dr. Foster's book was expected to be EPOCH-MAKING, and it fully justifies such expec tation. A MOST ADMIRABLE account of the mode of occurrence of practically ALL KNOWN MINERALS. Probably stands UNRIVALLED for completeness.” — The Mining Journal. "This EPOCH-MAKING Work appeals to MEN OF EXPERIENCE no less than to

students."-Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung.

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ELEMENTARY MINING AND

QUARRYING

(An Introductory Text-book). By Prof. C. LE NEVE FOSTER, F.R.S. With Illustrations.

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FOURTH EDITION, Revised and Greatly Enlarged. With Numerous Additional Illustrations, mostly reduced from Working Drawings. Price 24s. net.

A TEXT-BOOK OF COAL-MINING:

FOR THE USE OF COLLIERY MANAGERS AND OTHERS
ENGAGED IN COAL-MINING.

BY

HERBERT WILLIAM HUGHES, F.G.S.,
Assoc. Royal School of Mines, General Manager of Sandwell Park Colliery.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

Geology.-Search for Coal.-Breaking Ground. -Sinking.-Preliminary Operations. Methods of Working. - Haulage. - Winding. - Pumping.Ventilation.-Lighting.—Works at Surface.-Preparation of Coal for Market.

-INDEX.

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A TREATISE ON MINE-SURVEYING:

For the use of Managers of Mines and Collieries, Students
at the Royal School of Mines, de.

BY BENNETT H. BROUGH, F.G.S., Assoc.R.S.M.,
Formerly Instructor of Mine-Surveying, Royal School of Mines.

GENERAL CONTENTS. General Explanations. Measurement of Distances. - Miner's Dial. Variation of the Magnetic-Needle. - Surveying.-German Dial.-Theodolite.Taaversing Underground. Surface-Surveys. Plotting the Survey. · Calculation of Areas. Levelling. Measuring Distances by Telescope. - Setting-out. - Problems.Photographic Surveying.-Appendices.

"Its CLEARNESS of STYLE, LUCIDITY of DESCRIPTION, and FULNESS of DETAIL have long ago won for it a place unique in the literature of this branch of mining engineering, and the present edition fully maintains the high standard of its predecessors. To the student, and to the mining engineer alike, ITS VALUE is inestimable. The illustrations are excellent."-The Mining Journal.

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Mine Accounts and Mining Book-keeping.

For Students, Managers, Secretaries, and others. With Examples taken from Actual Practice of Leading Companies.

BY

JAMES GUNSON LAWN, Assoc. R. S. M., Assoc. Mem. Inst. C. E., F.G.S., Professor of Mining at the South African School of Mines.

EDITED BY C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S.

GENERAL CONTENTS.-Introduction.-Part I. Engagement and Pay. ment of Workmen.-Part II. Purchases and Sales.-Part III. Working Summaries and Analyses. - Part IV. Ledger, Balance Sheet, and Company Books.-Part V. Reports and Statistics.

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BLASTING:

AND THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES.

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A Handbook for Engineers and others Engaged in Mining, Tunnelling, Quarrying, &c

By OSCAR GUTTMANN, Assoc. M. INST. C.E.

Member of the Societies of Civil Engineers and Architects of Vienna and Budapest, Corresponding Member oʻthe Imp. Roy. Geological Institution of Austria, &c. "This ADMIRABLE work."-Colliery Guardian.

"Should prove a vade-mecum to Mining Engineers and all engaged in practical work. -Iron and Coal Trades Review.

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ELECTRICAL PRACTICE IN COLLIERIES.

By D. BURNS, M.E., M.INST. M. E.,

Certificated Colliery Manager, and Lecturer on Mining and Geology to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.

Units of Measurement, Conductors, &c.-The Theory of the Dynamo.-The Dynamo, Details of Construction and Working.-Motors.-Lighting Installations in Collieries. - Pumping by Electricity. Electrical Haulage. Coal Cutting.Miscellaneous Applications of Electricity in Mines.-INDEX.

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PRACTICAL COAL-MINING:

A MANUAL FOR MANAGERS, UNDER-MANAGERS,
COLLIERY ENGINEERS, AND OTHERS.

With Worked-out Problems on Haulage, Pumping, Ventilation, &c.
BY GEORGE L. KERR, M.E., M.INST.M.E.

"An ESSENTIALLY PRACTICAL WORK, and can be confidently recommended. No department of Coal Mining has been overlooked."-Engineers' Gazette.

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atining class in Great Britain."-The Principal of a Training College.

ELEMENTARY COAL-MINING: For the Use of Students, Miners, and others preparing for Examinations. By GEORGE L. KERR, M.E., M. Inst. M.E., Author of "Practical Coal-Mining." In Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. With 200 Illustrations. 3s. 6d.

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SECOND EDITION. With Illustrations. Cloth, 38. 6d.

GETTING GOLD:

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A GOLD-MINING HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL MEN. By J. C. F. JOHNSON, F.G.S., A.I.M.E.,

Life Member Australasian Mine-Managers' Association.

GENERAL CONTENTS.-Introductory: Prospecting (Alluvial and General)Lode or Reef Prospecting-Genesiology of Gold-Auriferous Lodes-DriftsGold Extraction-Lixiviation-Calcination-Motor Power and its Transmission Company Formation - Mining Appliances and Methods Australasian Mining Regulations.

"PRACTICAL from beginning to end

deals thoroughly with the Prospecting,

Sinking, Crushing, and Extraction of gold."-Brit. Australasian.

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MINING AND METALLURGY.

With Plates and Illustrations. Handsome Cloth. At Press.

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THE CYANIDE PROCESS OF GOLD EXTRACTION.

A Text-Book for the Use of Metallurgists and Students at
Schools of Mines, &c.

BY JAMES PARK, F. G.S., M.INST. M.M.,

Professor of Mining and Director of the Otago University School of Mines; late Director Thames School of Mines, and Geological Surveyor and Mining Geologist to the Government of New Zealand.

THIRD ENGLISH EDITION. Thoroughly Revised and Greatly Enlarged. With additional details concerning the Siemens-Halske and other recent processes.

CONTENTS.-The MacArthur Process.-Chemistry of the Process.Laboratory Experiments.-Control Testing and Analysis of Solutions.Appliances for Cyanide Extraction.-The Actual Extraction by Cyanide. — Application of the Process.-Leaching by Agitation.-Zinc Precipitation of Gold.-The Siemens-Halske Process.-Other Cyanide Processes. -Antidotes for Cyanide Poisoning.-Cyaniding in New Zealand.

"Mr. Park's book deserves to be ranked as amongst the BEST OF EXISTING TREATISES ON THIS SUBJECT."—Mining Journal.

AT PRESS. With Numerous Plates, Maps, and Illustrations.

CYANIDING COLD & SILVER ORES.

A Practical Treatise on the Cyanide Process; its Application,
Methods of Working, Design and Construction of
Plant, and Costs.

BY H. FORBES JULIAN,

Mining and Metallurgical Engineer: Specialist in Gold: Late Technical Adviser of the
Deutsche Gold und Silber Scheide Anstalt, Frankfort-on-Maine.

AND EDGAR SMART, A.M.I.C.E.,
Civil and Metallurgical Engineer.

This book deals with the Cyanide Process from Technical, Commercial, and Scientific points of view. It is adapted for the Use of Directors, Managers, and Superintendents of Mines and Metallurgical Works, Mining Engineers, Metallurgists, Chemists, Assayers, Working Cyaniders, and Students.

In Crown 8vo. Illustrated.

Fancy Cloth Boards. 4s. 6d.

GOLD SEEKING IN SOUTH AFRICA:

A Handbook of Hints for intending Explorers, Prospectors, and Settlers.

BY THEO KASSNER,

Mine Manager, Author of the Geological Sketch Map of the De Kaap Gold Fields. With a Chapter on the Agricultural Prospects of South Africa. ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS -History.-Geology.-Prospecting.-The De Kaap Goldfields. -Komati and Swaziland. -Cost of Mining, Native Labour, &c.-Lydenberg Goldfields Zoutspanberg. Witwatersrand. - Other Goldfelds. - General Considerations - Conclusions.-Agricultural Prospects, Tables, Index, &c.

"As fascinating in its way as anything ever penned by Jules Verne. Mr. Kassner manages to impart his informat on in a way that enables him to be understanded even of the dullest."-African Commerce.

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