Diving and Digging for Gold
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File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 1974
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Release : 1974
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Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Naturegraph Pub
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780879610050
A handbook on finding, processing, and selling gold with historical information on gold mining.
Author : Pages of History (Firm)
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Gold mines and mining
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Author : Robert MacKinnon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0425253635
For more than four decades, world-renowned diver and treasure hunter Captain Robert MacKinnon has reclaimed sunken caches from the dangerous shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Known as the Death Coast for its treacherous reefs and violent currents, the area’s rocky bottom is layered with shipwrecks and untold riches. In short—a treasure hunter’s paradise. In Treasure Hunter, Robert MacKinnon recounts the risks and challenges—both nautical and legal—in exploring shipwrecks dating back to the War of 1812 and before the Revolutionary War. As he salvages the secrets of the sea, MacKinnon vividly captures the excitement of discovery and conveys his passion for preservation in the still-developing field of underwater archeology. A compelling chronicle of modern-day adventure, Treasure Hunter is a fascinating voyage into an amazing undersea world.
Author : Elizabeth Ann McGilvray
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Readers
ISBN : 9780478055894
Recounts the salvage of the Niagara, a steamship carrying gold which sank after hitting a mine in 1940. Includes technical information on deepsea diving, the state of underwater technology at the time and minesweeping. Suggested level : secondary.
Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 2000-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520929678
The discovery of gold in 1848 catapulted California into statehood and triggered environmental, social, political, and economic events whose repercussions are still felt today. Mary Hill combines her scientific training with a flair for storytelling to present the history of gold in California from the distant geological past through the wild days of the Gold Rush to the present. The early days of gold fever drew would-be miners from around the world, many enduring great hardships to reach California. Once here, they found mining to be backbreaking work and devised machines to help recover gold. These machines pawed gravel from river bottoms and tore apart mountainsides, wreaking environmental havoc that silted rivers, ruined farmlands, and provoked the world's first environmental conflict settled in the courts. Native Americans were nearly wiped out by invading miners or their diseases, and many Spanish-speaking settlers—Californios—were pushed aside. Hill writes of gold's uses in today's world for everything from coins to coffins, gourmet foods to spacecraft. Her comprehensive overview of gold's impact on California includes illustrated explanations of geology and mining in nontechnical language as well as numerous illustrations, maps, and photographs.
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Page : 456 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Scuba diving
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Author : James Klein
Publisher : Gem Guides Book Company
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Gold mines and mining
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The latest methods and equipment, geology of placer deposits, staking a claim and much more. Illustrated.
Author : Janet S. Wong
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763623807
Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.
Author : Raymond E. Stilson
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Gold mines and mining
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