Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them / A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States
A KEY FOR THE READY DETERMINATION OF ALL THE USEFUL MINERALS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. BY JAMES ORTON, A.M., Late Professor of Natural History in Vassar College, N. Y.; Cor. Mem. of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and of the Lyceum of Natural History, New York; Author of “The Andes and the Amazon,” etc. A NEW EDITION WITH ADDITIONS. ——— ILLUSTRATED. ——— PHILADELPHIA: HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO., INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND IMPORTERS, 810 Walnut Street. 1881.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by WORTHINGTON, DUSTIN & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. ————— Copyright: HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO. 1881.
Inscribed TO ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, PH. D., UNITED STATES Commissioner of Mining Statistics; EDITOR OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; AUTHOR OF “The Mines of the West,” etc.
James Orton
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How and Where to Find Them.
A.
B.
1.—Agate.
2.-Alum.
3.—Amethyst.
4.—Anthracite.
5.—Antimony Ore.
6.—Asbestus.
7.—Asphaltum.
8.—Azurite.
9.—Baryta, or Heavy Spar.
10.—Bituminous Coal.
11.—Blende.
12.—Bog Iron Ore.
13.—Brittle Silver Ore.
14.—Brown Coal.
15.—Calamine.
16.—Cannel Coal.
17.—Carnelian.
18.—Celestine.
19.—Cerussite.
20.—Chromic Iron.
21.—Cinnabar.
22.—Cobalt Pyrites.
23.—Copper.
24.—Copper Glance.
25.—Copper Nickel.
26.—Copper Pyrites.
27.—Diamond.
28.—Emery.
29.—Fluor Spar.
30.—Franklinite.
31.—Galena.
32.—Garnet.
33.—Gold.
34.—Graphite.
35.—Gray Copper Ore.
36.—Gypsum.
37.—Horn Silver.
38.—Iron Pyrites.
39.—Jasper.
40.—Kaolin.
41.—Lenticular Iron Ore.
42.—Limonite, or Brown Hematite.
43.—Magnetic Iron Ore.
44.—Magnetic Pyrites.
45.—Malachite.
46.—Manganese Spar.
47.—Marble.
48.—Mica.
49.—Micaceous Iron Ore.
50.—Nitre.
51.—Oxyd of Manganese.
52.—Platinum.
53.—Red Copper Ore.
55.—Red Silver Ore.
56.—Rensselaerite.
57.—Rock Crystal.
58.—Rock Salt.
59.—Rutile.
60.—Serpentine.
61.—Silicate of Copper.
62.—Silver.
63.—Silver Glance.
64.—Smaltine.
65.—Smithsonite.
66.—Spathic Iron.
67.—Specular Iron Ore.
68.—Spinel Ruby.
69.—Steatite.
70.—Strontianite.
71.—Sulphur.
72.—Tin Ore.
73.—Topaz.
74.—Tourmaline.
75.—Variegated Copper Ore.
76.—Wad.
77.—Willemite.
78.—Zincite.
