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GRIITIN'S "NEW LAND" SERIES. 



Practical Hand-Books for tlie Use of Prospectors, Explorers, 

 Settlers, Colonists, and all Interested in the opening 



up and Development of New Lands. 



EDITED BY GRENVILLE A. J. COLE, M.R.I. A., F.G.S., 



Professor of Geology in the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and Examiner in 



the University of London. 



In Crown 8vo. Handsome doth,. 5s. 

 With Numet ous Maps Specially Drawn and Executed for this Work. 



NEW LANDS: 



THEIR RESOURCES AND PROSPECTIVE 

 ADVANTAGES. 



BY HUGH ROBERT MILL, D.Sc., LL.D.,' F.R.S.E., 



"A want admirably supplied. . . . Has the advantage of being written by a pro- 

 eased Geographer." Geographical Journal. 



With many Engravings and Photographs. Handsome Cloth, 4s. 6d. 



]POOD SUPPLY. 



BY ROBERT BRUCE, 



Agricultural Superintendent to the Royal Dublin Society. 



With Appendix on Preserved Foods by C. A. MITCHELL, B.A., F.LC. 



" The work is one which will appeal to those intending to become farmers at home 

 or in the Colonies, and who desire to obtain a general idea of the true principles 

 farming in ALL ITS BRANCHES." Journal of the Royal Colonial Inst. 



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PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS. 



A Practical Handbook for Prospectors, Explorers, Settlers, and alt 

 interested in the Opening up and Deue/ooment of New Lands. 



BY S. HERBERT COX, Assoc.R.S.M., M.Inst.M.M., F.G.S., 



Professor of Mining at the Boyal School of Mines. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Introduction and Hints on Geology The Determina- 

 tion of Minerals : Use of the Blow-pipe, &c. Rock-forming Minerals and Non- 

 Metallic Minerals of Commercial Value : Rock Salt, Borax, Marbles, Litho- 

 graphic Stone, Quartz and Opal, &c., &c. Precious Stones and Gems Stratified 

 Deposits: Coal and Ores Mineral Veins and Lodes Irregular Deposits 

 Dynamics of Lodes : Faults, &c. Alluvial Deposits Noble Metals : Gold, 

 Platinum, Silver, &c. Lead Mercury Copper Tin Zinc Iron Nickel, 

 &c. Sulphur, Antimony, Arsenic, &c. Combustible Minerals Petroleum 

 General Hints on Prospecting Glossary Index. 



11 This ADMIRABLE LITTLE WORK . . . written with SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY In a 



CLEAR and LUCID style. ... An IMPORTANT ADDITION to technical literature . . . 

 Mining Journal. 



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