The Motherlode !!!

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Eureka!!! :hello2:
The motherlode of FREE books on Gold!!!

Read online or have them read to you free.
100's of hard to find and rare prospecting journals and books from the 1800's on.

Set your browser to "full screen" for best viewing, then click on the page to turn it.

On pages of book titles just click on the symbol at the right where it says "read" and the book opens.
NOTE: only titles with the open book symbol attached are available to read free. ob.jpg


These are just a few.........

Prospecting, locating, and valuing mines
By R. H. Stretch Published 1900
http://www.archive.org/stream/prospectinglocat00strerich#page/n0/mode/2up
A must read for would be miners.

Gold
its geological occurrence and geographical distribution.
Published 1908
http://www.archive.org/stream/golditsgeologica00macluoft#page/n7/mode/2up
If you can't find gold after reading this .....then give up.

Prospecting for Gold and Silver
Published 1895
http://www.archive.org/stream/prospectingforgo00lakeuoft#page/n5/mode/2up
Chock full of useful geological info for the prospector!

Prospecting !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+prospecting&has_fulltext=true


Gold Discoveries !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=GETTING+GOLD&has_fulltext=true&subject_facet=Gold+discoveries


Gold Mining How To's !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+mining&has_fulltext=true


Gold Mining Stories etc.!!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+mining&has_fulltext=true&subject_facet=Gold+discoveries

Just do searches and see what comes up!
Plenty to read this winter such as........................

Famous gold nuggets of the world.
Comp. by Thomas Jefferson Hurley.
Published 1900
http://www.archive.org/stream/famousgoldnugget00hurlrich#page/n3/mode/2up
(find forgotten places to prospect)

Gold dredging in California.
Lewis E. Aubury, state mineralogist.
Published 1910
http://www.archive.org/stream/golddredginginca00calirich#page/n11/mode/2up

Placer mining for gold in California
By Charles Volney Averill
Published 1946
http://www.archive.org/stream/placerminingforg00averrich#page/n5/mode/2up
A must read, loaded with info for prospecting and mining placer gold.

Drilling for placer gold
compiled by Walter H. Gardner
Published 1920
http://www.archive.org/stream/drillingforplace00gardrich#page/n5/mode/2up
Todd Hoffman, Dakota Fred, and Parker Schnabel, of Gold Rush Alaska should have read this book.


GG~
 

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Re: I hit the Motherload !!!

Thank's for sharing Buddy. :thumbsup:
 

Re: I hit the Motherload !!!

Nice find! If you click on the title of the book, many of them can be downloaded in several formats.
 

russau said:
Buddy, none of these will open for me. probly my old computor!
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Try again later.............their system seems to be down.
I'll PM you when it's back to functional.


* It's back up now :icon_thumleft:
 

Many thanks! Your kindness in sharing this will give me many hours of enjoyable reading and learning during our big winter rainy season! I just now read the book about famous nuggets whose author wrote so well that it feels like going with the prospectors & miners who made huge nugget discoveries before 1900. All best to you! Andi
 

g-olden years said:
Many thanks! Your kindness in sharing this will give me many hours of enjoyable reading and learning during our big winter rainy season! I just now read the book about famous nuggets whose author wrote so well that it feels like going with the prospectors & miners who made huge nugget discoveries before 1900. All best to you! Andi
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Glad you enjoyed it :icon_thumleft:

Here is a list of 626 FREE to Read e-books on gold :o
http://openlibrary.org/subjects/gold_mines_and_mining#ebooks=true&sort=edition_count
To scroll through them just click the green arrow on the right.

I started out being hooked on the geology and the rocks & minerals handbooks and then started reading about the adventures of the 49'ers. Now I'm finding the adventures and the history during the gold rush to be very fascinating plus I like the old style of writing and I plan on reading them all!

The Argonauts of 49'
http://www.archive.org/stream/argonautsofforty01leep#page/n5/mode/2up

My Adventures in the Sierras
http://www.archive.org/stream/myadventuresinsi00wils#page/n5/mode/2up

Just to name a couple.
GG~
 

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Thanks GoodyGuy!

There are a lot of references and links for where I live, most of those BC references are a days drive or less, the Yukon not much farther.

Cheers

Dale
 

Also search in sribd.com. ...for example "PP 38 Mining In Colorado by Charles Henderson"
 

Goodyguy said:
Eureka!!! :hello2:
The motherlode of FREE books on Gold!!!

Read online or have them read to you free.
100's of hard to find and rare prospecting journals and books from the 1800's on.

Set your browser to "full screen" for best viewing, then click on the page to turn it.

On pages of book titles just click on the symbol at the right where it says "read" and the book opens.
NOTE: only titles with the open book symbol attached are available to read free. View attachment 580403


These are just a few.........

Prospecting, locating, and valuing mines
By R. H. Stretch Published 1900
Prospecting locating and valuing mines : a practical treatise for the use of prospectors investors and mining men generally : with an account of the principal minerals and country rocks, and deposits, locations and patents, the early development of m
A must read for would be miners.

Gold
its geological occurrence and geographical distribution.
Published 1908
Gold: its geological occurrence and geographical distribution
If you can't find gold after reading this .....then give up.

Prospecting for Gold and Silver
Published 1895
Prospecting for gold and silver
Chock full of useful geological info for the prospector!

Prospecting !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+prospecting&has_fulltext=true


Gold Discoveries !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=GETTING+GOLD&has_fulltext=true&subject_facet=Gold+discoveries


Gold Mining How To's !!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+mining&has_fulltext=true


Gold Mining Stories etc.!!!
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=gold+mining&has_fulltext=true&subject_facet=Gold+discoveries

Just do searches and see what comes up!
Plenty to read this winter such as........................

Famous gold nuggets of the world.
Comp. by Thomas Jefferson Hurley.
Published 1900
Famous gold nuggets of the world
(find forgotten places to prospect)

Gold dredging in California.
Lewis E. Aubury, state mineralogist.
Published 1910
Gold dredging in California

Placer mining for gold in California
By Charles Volney Averill
Published 1946
Placer mining for gold in California
A must read, loaded with info for prospecting and mining placer gold.

Drilling for placer gold
compiled by Walter H. Gardner
Published 1920
Drilling for placer gold
Todd Hoffman, Dakota Fred, and Parker Schnabel, of Gold Rush Alaska should have read this book.


GG~
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GG Thanks for posting these. Read quite a bit of the Charles Volney Averill book. Best thing I got out of it is this, it is not whether the stream has enough force to deposit gold somewhere along it but does the stream have enough force to remove it from that spot and send it to a new place. I will be looking at all water courses differently now.

Thanks Much

GM
 

Awesome.....Thanks for sharing Goodyguy.....I'm going to enjoy the reading of my area from books that I did not know even existed....A huge thumbs Up..
 

Wow! Thanks for sharing this Goodguy! Great information for a new guy like myself to learn here. You rock!
 

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