Show FROM PROSPECT TO MINE this book by etienne A ritter is intended as a simple description of the various stages passed through from a discovery to a t producing mine it is written after several years experience as underground workman superintendent and consulting engineer and is an interesting presentation of the subject the book starts out with a chapter on prospectors and outfits the then deals in a simple way with geology ore deposits vein systems etc the question of locating claims and the apex law is gone into and a chapter given on starting underground work one interesting chapter is given on actual mining telling how the work is done and the various kinds of workings shafts drifts slopes etc the next chapter is a discussion of mining machinery a comparison of steam and electric and gasoline power notes on air compressors hoists cages etc the treatment of ores by the various processes is dealt with in a chapter which goes into the concentration process amalgamation ga a and the different processes including and ch lorna tion and smelting smelling sm elting the last chapter is on the philosophy and poetry of mining in which are related some interesting anecdotes on the discovery and of some of the great mines the book is designed as a guide to investors and non technical persons who are interested in mining and as such should prove useful from prospect to mine is included in the book department of the salt lake mining review price postpaid |