MINING AND MINING INDUSTRIES. 17 



MINING AND MINING INDUSTRIES. 



3Iuihif/ in tJie United Kiuf/dom, 



BRITISH MINING : A Treatise on the History , Discovery, Practical 

 Development, and Future Prospects of Metalliferous Mines in the United King- 

 dom. By Robert Hunt, F.R.S., Keeper of Mining Records; Editor of 

 " Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines," &c. Upwards of 950 

 pp., with 230 Illustrations. Super-royal 8vo, £^ 3s. cloth. 



Synopsis of Contents : 

 RcwK I. lIisTOKicAi. Ski-.tch OF British , Book III. Practical Minint,.— ciiap. r. 

 .MINING: — Chap. I. Mining- rrevious to the j Discovery ot Mineral Lodes and the Open- 

 Koman Invasion. — II. Mniing- during the ing of Mines. — II. Practical Operations for 



Roman Occupation. — III. Mining to the | the Extraction of Metalliferous Ores. — III. 

 1 J-;ighteenth Century.— 1\". Mining for Tin | X'entilation and Drainage of Mines, &c. — 1\'. 

 anil Copper to the End of the Eighteenth Dressing Metalliferous ( )res : Preparation for 



Century. — V. Mining for Lead, Silver, &c., Smelter. — V. Discovery and Extraction of 



to the End of the Eighteenth Century. — VI. Iron Ores from \'eins and other Deposits. 



t".old. Plumbago, Iron Ore, and Sundries to ; BOOK IV. THE FUTLRE PROSPECTS OF 

 the End of the Eighteenth Century. | BRITISH MINING. — Chap. I. Summary, 



Book II. On the Forma ITON of Metal- Examination of the Probable Exhaustion of 



I. IFEROUS DEPOSITS.— Chap. I. The Rocks Metalliferous Minerals.— II. On the Limits 



of Mining Districts, and the Distribution of , of the Metalliferous Zone. — III. The Occur- 

 Metalliferous Deposits.— 1 1. Mechanics of rence of Ores at Great Depths or in New 



.Mineral Lodes, Faults, Cross Courses, &c. — I Districts. — IV. Improvements and Economy 

 J II. The Laws relating to Mineral Deposits. | in Working British Mines.— \'. General Sum- 

 — IV. Remarkable Phenomena observed in mary and Conclusion — Appendix — Glossary 



-Metalliferous Ore Deposits. | of Terms. 



"One of the most valuable works of reference of modern times. Mr. Hunt, as keeper of mining 

 records of the United Kingdom, has had opportunities for such a task not enjoyed by anyone elsi-, 

 and has evidently made the most of them. . . . The language and style adopted are good, ami 

 the treatment of the various subjects laborious, conscientious, and scientific." — Hngineeriits;. 



"A mass of information not elsewhere available, and of the greatest value to these who may 

 be interested in our great mineral industries." — Engi)ieer. 



"A sound, business-like collection of interesting facts. . . . The amount of information 

 Mr. Hunt has brought together is enormous. . . . The volume appears likely to convey more 

 instruction upon the subject than any work hitherto published." — Miiiijtg Joiirjial. 



"The work will be for the mining industry what Dr. Percy's celebrated treatise has been for the 

 metallurgical — a book that cannot with advantage be omitted from the library." — Iron ami Coal 

 Trades Rez'ie~L\ 



" Probably no one in this country was better qualified than Mr. Hunt for undertaking such a 

 work. Brought into frequent and close association during a long life-time with the principal guar- 

 dians of our mineral and metallurgical industries, he enjoyed a positlen exceptionally favourable 

 for collecting the necessary information. The use which he has made of his opportunities is suffi- 

 ciently attested by the dense mass of information crowded into the handsome volume which has 

 just been published. ... In placing before the reader a sketch of the present position of 

 British Mining, Mr. Hunt treats his subject so fully and illustrates it so amply that this section really 

 forms a little treatise on practical mining. . . . The book is, in fact, a treasure-house of statistical 

 information on mining subjects, and we know of no other work embodying so great a mass of matter 

 of this kind. Were this the only merit of Mr. Hunts volume it would be sufficient to render it 

 indispensable in the library of everyone interested in the development of the mining and metallur- 

 gical industries of this country." — Athenaiini. 



"The literature of mining has hitherto possessed no work approaching in importance to that 

 which has just been published. There is much in Mr. Hunt's valuable work that every shareholder 

 in a mine should read with close attention. The entire subject of practical mining — from the first 

 search for the lode to the latest stages of dressing the ore — is dealt with in a masterly manner 

 — Academy. 



Coal and Iron, 



THE COAL AND IRON INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED 

 KINGDOM. Comprising a Description of the Coal Fields, and of the Princi- 

 pal Seams of Coal, with Returns of their Produce and its Distribution, and 

 Analyses of Special Varieties. Also an Account of the occurrence of Iron 

 Ores in Veins or Seams; Analyses of each Variety; and a History of the 

 Rise and Progress of Pig Iron Manufacttire since the year 1740, exhibiting the 

 Economies introduced in the Blast Furnaces for its Production and Improve- 

 ment. By Richard Meade, Assistant Keeper of Mining Records. With 

 Maps of the Coal Fields and Ironstone Deposits of the United Kingdom. 

 8vo, £1 8s. cloth. 



"The book is one which must find a place on the shelves of all interested in coal and iron 

 production, and in the iron, steel, and other metallurgical industries." — l-.)t_iri>ieer. 



" Of this book we may unreservedly say that it is the best of its class which we have ever met. 

 . . . A book of reference which no one engaged in the iron or coal trades shoukl omit from his 

 library." — IroK and Coal Trades' Revinv. 



" An exhaustive treatise and a valuable work of reference. . . . The amount of lain. .-which 

 the preparation of the work has involved must have been enormous." — Miitut^ yourual. 



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