Benjamin, Edward H. [et al].
California Mines and Minerals.
San Francisco; California Miners' Association:1899. "Published...for the California Meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers." This wonderful survey includes massive amount of information on California minerals, ores, mines and mining at the end of the 19th century. The illustrations include many photographs of mines and miners. 6.5"x9", 450 pages with many b&w illustrations, 2 folding charts and 3 folding maps; plus 48 pages of advertisements for mining-related equipment and industries, most of it California-based. Bound in old pebbled cloth with a functional leather spine and tips. I wish this was in better shape. It has moderate water damage to the lower portion of the covers, obvious but not seriously objectionable; inside a light/moderate water ripple, and a bit of staining is also evidedent along the bottom edge, especially in the first 50 or so pages. There has been a small amount of adhesion at the very edges of some of the pages, not affecting any text or images. A working copy, but a pretty good one, with tight hinges and otherwise clean.
$275.00
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