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THE GOLD LOG MINE, TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA. By EDSON S. BSASTIN. In June, 1916, the writer made a brief...brief inspection of the Gold Log mine. The visit was made in a few spare hours in an interval between...it was found afterward that no description of the mine has been published it appears desirable to record...gold deposits of Alabama, by H. D. McCaskey, was published in 1908, 1 but the Gold Log mine was not open...his visit. The mine is in Talladega County, Ala., about 7-| miles south of Talladega, on the east side |
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: =: n 1871, shortly after the University Alabama reopened by Federal returned of after its...Alabamians. he accomplished transformed became Alabama the from What catalyst that an aimless and...state in the South. The story of “Little Doc,” as told in Eugene Allen Smith’s Alabama, sources: Smith’s...histories of the state and of the University of Alabama, and contemporary newspapers. How he accomplished...lush EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA How a Geologist Shaped a State |
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THE CLINTON OR RED ORES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA. By ERNEST F. BUUCHARD. INTRODUCTION. Detailed...Detailed work on the iron ores of the Birmingham district was carried on in the summer of 1906, continuing...begun in northeast Alabama by E. C. Eckel in the fall of 1905. By the Birmingham district is meant the area...iron ores and iron industry of the Birmingham district, is now in preparation, this paper presents only...course of the survey. The brown ores used in the district come mainly from the vicinity of Woodstock. These |
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SUKVEY OF ALABAMA EUGENE ALLEN SMITH, STATE GEOLOGIST. i INDEX TO The Mineral Resources OF ALABAMA. BY...herewith an Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. As the name implies, this document* is intended...EUGENE A. SMITH, State Geologist. University of Alabama, April 30, 1904. 140858 GEOLOGICAL CORPS. ...Reports of the Alabama Geological Survey 5 Table of the Geological Formations of Alabama CHAPTER 8...for paving brick, etc. The Cement Resources of Alabama Slag Cement Portland Cement 1. 2. 3. 4. Trenton |
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SoutherngrouP----------------------~-- 7 --- Talladega slate ______ ~ _________________ _ Hillabee chlorite...Georgia ___________________________________ _ Alabama __________________________________ _ Younger rocks...__________________________________ _ History of mining ________________ ·__________________ _ Production...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. ------- |
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each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas |
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Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized ALABAMA — W e are indebted to William M. Johnson, R.F.D...6, Knoxville, Tenn., for the following note on Alabama: "An excellent light marble is found in a belt...miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...is about 1/2 mile wide but at Sylacauga (Talladega Co.) it is \y2 miles wide." ARIZONA — "Under separate...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite |
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YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...together. 9194 MIN 44 690 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |
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Unraveling The Legends & The History Of The Lost Mine, Lost City, And The Lost Mission By Robert Edward.................. 17 Sky Island Holds A Treasure Story......................................................... 39 From La Ventaña, You Can See The Lost Mine ................................................................................... 54 1883: The Story Of The “Stone Church” .................................................... 79 How The Spanish Mining Story Unfolds ................................... |
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vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Dakota Washington Wyoming Nevada Southeast States Alabama Hawaii Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah...Connecticut Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. ATH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 3: SOUTHEAST STATES |
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Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...265 Tripoli and rottenstone__ __ _____ ___ __ 266 Quartz abrasives____________________ 266 Artificial a...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p |
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" ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State |
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......................................... 5 Alabama......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |
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vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Washington Wyoming VOLUME 3: Southeast States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Southwest States...VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES |
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state gemstone. Each of the states has its own story as to how and why it chose a blue mineral. A group...symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...Tucson. ALABAMA: Star Blue Quartz Alabama State Senator Don Hale proposed that star blue quartz be named...29 March 1990 through Act No. 90-203. Star blue quartz is found only in a 32 × 80-kilometer rectangular...least 1966. Fist-sized nuggets of anhedral blue quartz with an opalescent or waxy luster have been found |
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____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood |
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Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama...Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite...Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii ...Hampshire Rock-Granite Mineral-Bery] Gem-Smoky Quartz 2B) 100 100 116 116 LI7 118 118 Gemstone-Sunstone |
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I een .. 1vers A History of Early Calav~ras County, California SECOND EDITION 0. Henry Mace Digitized... ' I een 1vers A History of Early Calaveras County, California SECOND EDITION 0. Henry Mace Paul...portion of their lives to the history of Calaveras County, including: Judge J A. Smith, 1880 - 1962 Archie...1 2. Government on the Move State capitols and county seats. 4 3; The Sad Legacy of the Gold Rush (Part...Mines, Miners, Mining & the Mother Lode (Part D Placer mining. 69 25. Mines, Miners, Mining & the Mother |
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Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I...to the Shin-Otani mine in the Tanba mining district. This manganese mining district includes 277 mines...drive away. After mining in the Kyoto area ended, little more than 20 years ago, mining and miners were |
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Then put on your thinking cap and send us your riddles. It is also a pleasure to report that a transplant...environs the ghostly remains of many mines and mining towns. Stanley Paher, author of Northwestern Arizona...Ghost Towns, and the popular Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, blends a brief outline of each ghost town...life story of the author. Born in 1882, Walter worked at whatever was available from placer mining, freighting... ^ : \ LIMITED PRINTING! Desert Editor the story of Randall Henderson and Palm Desert by /. Wilson |
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AND A HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING ~ ae gs 22 SoH JAY FRASER ow A 6 2 ae oa ns DH aS -w 6 RX...dOO0Ofras Lost Dutchman Mine Discoveries And a History of Arizona Mining By | Jay Fraser Affiliated... FOREWORD On the subject of the Lost Dutchman mine, one can practically believe anything he or she...said already. Everything from the discovery of the mine itself to the certainty that it never existed appears...print, somewhere. The location of the Lost Dutchman Mine has eluded the efforts of adventurers for over a |
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and be sure to check the laws and regulations on mining in your area before starting. The author and publisher...Valuable Mineral? Types of Mining Claims How Many Claims Can You Locate? Mining Claim Size eh Pn ee ... o 5 Use of Mining Claims DS OEWhBc, AO eel tN ee Why Is It So Special? Past & Present Gold Prices... Lode Deposits Placer Deposits Types of Placer Mining eet Ramee ON ee NUN PENGIS Yo LEM, ts es is...wasdadocees asacbebsebe neod0b once a 10. RECORDING MINING; GIVAINIS sre TICKEEPING -Y OUR CLAIM rrr eke |
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Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...vacation stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Washington Wyoming vowr-.1E3: SoutheastStates Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi...VOLUME4: Northeast States Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts |
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UNITS Phyllite and Mica Schist (pms) Quartz-ottrelite Gneiss (qog) Quartz-mica Gneiss (qmg) Mica Schist (ms)...Ottrelite Gneiss (og) Staurolite-Mica Schist (stm) Quartz-Mica Schist (qms) Diorite (do) _' "Pseudodiorite"...Structures Mineralogy of the Talc Deposits Talc Quartz Carbonate Amphibole Other Minerals Chemical Composition...Production—Nancy Jordan Mine 27 34 42 FIGURES Figure 1. Large quartz vein cutting quartz-ottrelite gneiss...showing underground workings at the Carolina Talc Mine. White parts of pegs represent talc encountered |
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- - - - - - - - 229 A New Departure in Mine Power Plants - - - 230 Testing for Bridge Foundations...- - - 240 Machine Coal-Mining in Illinois - - - - - 245 Alabama Marble (Contributed) - -... M. CRAWFORD JOSEPH H. BROWN, 31,. A New Coal-Mining Machine for Low Veins Copyright, 1908, by SULLIVAN...Machinery Company. Address all Communications to MINE AND QUARRY, Railway Exchange, Chicago. Sent to any...address upon request. Readers are requested to notify MINE AND QUARRY of any correction or change in address |