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Mining and Scientific Press, 1869, 45 issues [186417]

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Mining and Scientific Press, 1869, 45 issues [186417]
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Mining and Scientific Press, 1869, 45 issues, January through December. May or may not be complete or with duplicates. All fine plus condition.
This very important publication was printed in San Francisco and was instrumental in the publication of advanced progress, ideas and theories in science. It was also the voice of the mining community, and as such the only good reporting mechanism of the day, as it contained reports from small and obscure mining districts throughout the western United States. An incredibly important reference, rarely used because the microfilm copies were done early and are poor quality. Not digitized by major services (yet).
1869 marked the end of the "comstock" era, where massive gold-silver discoveries were made, leading to wide-spread western prospecting and investment in mining ventures. But the bubble had burst by 1869, and production greatly slowed until new deposits were found. [