Show THE MINERS GUIDE A NEW BOOK the Al miners liners guide a ready handbook f for or the prospector and miner is the title of a new book compiled by horace J west wilcox building los angeles california it comprises pages inches bound in paper and priced at 1 the author of this little volume is a prospector andl and miner of thirty years practical remunerative experience and he offers the work as a guide particularly to those who may as a result of the rapidly increasing interest that is developing in the metal mining business feel the call of the wild and wish to 6 get into the mountains in search for new gold siner and lead mines even though lacking in personal experience there are fifteen chapters in the book the first of which is on the prospector and his needs and from that on through many subjects relating to the location of claims how to determine minerals etc winding up with an appendix descriptive of the lost mines of the desert their names and history reputed locations and why they are still lost not only the novices but the real prospector and regulation miner will find much information of value in the book |