Underground Treasures

About this eBook

Author

Orton, James, 1830-1877

Title

Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy

Subject

Mineralogy, Determinative

Category

Text

eBook-No.

53562

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53562

Release Date

November 20, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.How and Where to Find Them .
2. 2.Table of Contents.
3. 3.NOTE.
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. DIRECTIONS FOR DETERMINING SPECIMENS BY THE KEY. — A. — I. OPAQUE. — II. TRANSLUCENT. — B. — I. OPAQUE. — II. TRANSLUCENT.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF USEFUL MINERALS. — 1.— Agate. — 2.- Alum. — 3.— Amethyst. — 4.— Anthracite. — 5.— Antimony Ore. — 6.— Asbestus. — 7.— Asphaltum. — 8.— Azurite. — 9.— Baryta, or Heavy Spar. — 10.— Bituminous Coal. — 11.— Blende. — 12.— Bog Iron Ore. — 13.— Brittle Silver Ore. — 14.— Brown Coal. — 15.— Calamine. — 16.— Cannel Coal. — 17.— Carnelian. — 18.— Celestine. — 19.— Cerussite. — 20.— Chromic Iron. — 21.— Cinnabar. — 22.— Cobalt Pyrites. — 23.— Copper. — 24.— Copper Glance. — 25.— Copper Nickel. — 26.— Copper Pyrites. — 27.— Diamond. — 28.— Emery. — 29.— Fluor Spar. — 30.— Franklinite. — 31.— Galena. — 32.— Garnet. — 33.— Gold. — 34.— Graphite. — 35.— Gray Copper Ore. — 36.— Gypsum. — 37.— Horn Silver. — 38.— Iron Pyrites. — 39.— Jasper. — 40.— Kaolin. — 41.— Lenticular Iron Ore. — 42.— Limonite, or Brown Hematite. — 43.— Magnetic Iron Ore. — 44.— Magnetic Pyrites. — 45.— Malachite. — 46.— Manganese Spar. — 47.— Marble. — 48.— Mica. — 49.— Micaceous Iron Ore. — 50.— Nitre. — 51.— Oxyd of Manganese. — 52.— Platinum. — 53.— Red Copper Ore. — 55.— Red Silver Ore. — 56.— Rensselaerite. — 57.— Rock Crystal. — 58.— Rock Salt. — 59.— Rutile. — 60.— Serpentine. — 61.— Silicate of Copper. — 62.— Silver. — 63.— Silver Glance. — 64.— Smaltine. — 65.— Smithsonite. — 66.— Spathic Iron. — 67.— Specular Iron Ore. — 68.— Spinel Ruby. — 69.— Steatite. — 70.— Strontianite. — 71.— Sulphur. — 72.— Tin Ore. — 73.— Topaz. — 74.— Tourmaline. — 75.— Variegated Copper Ore. — 76.— Wad. — 77.— Willemite. — 78.— Zincite.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. PROSPECTING FOR DIAMONDS, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND IRON.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. ASSAY OF ORES.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. MINERAL SPRINGS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. ARTIFICIAL JEWELRY—HOW MADE AND HOW DETECTED. — PRECIOUS STONES. ARRANGED ACCORDING TO COLOR AND IN ORDER OF HARDNESS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA. [4]
13. 13.CHAPTER IX.
14. 14.INDEX.

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