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Prospecting Gold & Silver North America 1896 [181923]

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Prospecting Gold & Silver North America 1896 [181923]
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Prospecting for Gold and Silver in North America, Arthur Lakes, 1896, second edition. 287 pp. 5" x 8". Upper corner bumps, otherwise premium condition. Lakes was a Professor of Geology at the State School of Mines, Golden City, CO, which later became the Colorado School of Mines. As an economic geologist, he guided mineral exploration which was so important to the State. He was inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in Leadville, CO, in 2010. The Colorado School of Mines library is named in his honor. [ Colorado