| Main Title: |
The gold fields of Victoria in 1862 / [by J. A. Patterson]. |
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| Author: |
Patterson, J. A.
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| Imprint: |
Melbourne : Wilson & Mackinnon, 1862. |
| Collation: |
vii, 331, [3] p. ; hbk ; 19 cm. |
| Summary: |
Rich Quartz Reefs of Inglewood -- Antimony Mines of M'Ivor -- Tarnagulla and Poverty Reef -- Silver Mines of St. Arnaud -- Bendigo (or Sandhurst) -- Whipstick -- Maldon - Public Quartz Companies, and the Causes of their Failure -- Castlemaine -- Chinese on the Gold-fields -- Dunolly -- Inkermann -- Ballarat -- Maryborough -- M'Ivor - Bulla Bulla and its Kaolin -- Social Condition of the Miners -- Characteristics of Auriferous Quartz -- Method of Extracting Gold from Quartz -- Water-Supply for the Gold-fields -- Legislative Requirements of the Gold-fields -- Geological Maps of the Colony -- Minerals and Metals other than Gold. |
| Subject: |
Gold mines and mining
Description and travel
Victoria
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| Notes: |
"Appeared in the Argus during the months of August, September, and October, 1862"; by a member of the staff (i.e. J.A. Patterson).
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