PRINCIPLES OF MINING

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PRINCIPLES OF MINING

VALUATION, ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

COPPER, GOLD, LEAD, SILVER, TIN AND ZINC

BY
HERBERT C. HOOVER

Member American Institute of Mining Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France, Fellow Royal Geographical Society, etc.

First Edition
FOURTH THOUSAND

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1909

PREFACE.