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In search of gold, nearly five years' experimenting in certain hydraulic and quartz mines : with valuable improvements all consolidated into a gold gleaner

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1879.
Call number: 290523
Creator: Tyson, Bryan(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 23 cm
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