Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories West of the Rocky MountainsH. H. Bancroft and Company, 1869 - 878 էջ |
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... profits to make it remunera- tive under the most favorable circumstances . It may seem strange in this view that the gross product of bullion has been gradually diminishing for some years past , but a brief reference to the history of ...
... profits to make it remunera- tive under the most favorable circumstances . It may seem strange in this view that the gross product of bullion has been gradually diminishing for some years past , but a brief reference to the history of ...
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... profits of individual labor are large , less injury results from ignorance than in the subsequent stages of the business , when capital is required and the process of reduction is more complicated . Mining differs essentially from every ...
... profits of individual labor are large , less injury results from ignorance than in the subsequent stages of the business , when capital is required and the process of reduction is more complicated . Mining differs essentially from every ...
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... profit , there might be an excuse for it , but there is none . It never pays . All the chances , including that of utter failure , are against it . The next blunder was that the difference between a pocket vein and a charge vein was not ...
... profit , there might be an excuse for it , but there is none . It never pays . All the chances , including that of utter failure , are against it . The next blunder was that the difference between a pocket vein and a charge vein was not ...
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... profit in so many places . The great argentiferous lodes of Mexico and South America , the most productive of precious metal of all known in history , can be followed not more than six or eight miles ; while this Californian vein is ...
... profit in so many places . The great argentiferous lodes of Mexico and South America , the most productive of precious metal of all known in history , can be followed not more than six or eight miles ; while this Californian vein is ...
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... profit . It has a 30 - stamp mill , which is idle , with the exception of five stamps engaged in custom - work . The Amador , 1,300 feet , was worked to a depth of 240 feet some years ago , but afterwards caved in , and has stood idle ...
... profit . It has a 30 - stamp mill , which is idle , with the exception of five stamps engaged in custom - work . The Amador , 1,300 feet , was worked to a depth of 240 feet some years ago , but afterwards caved in , and has stood idle ...
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Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the ... John Ross Browne Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1869 |
Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the ... John Ross Browne Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1869 |
Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the ... John Ross Browne Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1887 |
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