THE "NEW LAND" SERIES OF PRACTICAL HANDBOOKS. EDITED BY GRENVILLE A. J. COLE, M.R.I.A., F.G.S., Professor of Geology in the Royal College of Sience for Ireland, and Examiner in the University of London. PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS. A Practical Handbook. By S. HERBERT COX, Assoc. LUCID style written with SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY in a CLEAR and will be useful, not only to the Student, but to the experienced Prospector." FOOD SUPPLY. BY ROBERT BRUCE, Agricultural Superintendent to the Royal Dublin Society. With Appendix on PRESERVED FOUDS. By C. A. MITCHELL, B.A., F.I.C. With many Engravings from Photographs illustrating the chief Breeds of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, &c. Cloth. 4s. 6d. "A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, by one of the ablest, best known, and most experienced Agricultural writers of the present day."-North British Agriculturist. NEW LANDS AND THEIR PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGES. BY HUGH ROBERT MILL, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., Librarian to the Royal Geographical Society. With Maps. Cloth. 5s. "Painstaking . . . complete . . of great practical assistance."-The Field. AIDS IN PRACTICAL GEOLOGY: with a section on Palæontology. By Prof. GRENVILLE COLE, M.R.I.A., F.G.S. FIFTH EDITION, Revised and Enlarged. "In the highest degree 'Practical' will be the verdict of all who use it."-Nature. MINING GEOLOGY. A Text-book for Miners and Mining Students. By JAMES PARK, F.G.S., M.Inst. M.M. In Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. Fully Illustrated. 6s. MINING LAW OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. By CHARLES J. ALFORD, F.G.S., M.Inst.M.M. In Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. 8s. 6d. net. "Invaluable data cannot fail to be useful."-Mining World. TEXT-BOOK OF ASSAYING. For the use of Students, Mine Managers, Assayers, &c. By J. J. and C. BERINGER. TENTH EDITION, Revised. With numerous Tables and Illustrations. 10s. 6d. "A really meritorious work. Can be safely depended upon for either systematic instruction or for reference.' ."-Nature. GETTING COLD. A Practical Treatise for Prospectors and Miners. By J. C. F. JOHNSON, F.G.S., A.I.M.E., Life Member Australian Mine Managers' Association. THIRD EDITION. Crown 8vo. Cloth. Numerous Illustrations. 3s. 6d. "Practical from beginning to end deals thoroughly with the prospecting, sinking, crushing, and extraction of gold."-British Australasian. GOLD SEEKING IN SOUTH AFRICA. A Handbook of Hints for Intending Explorers, Prospectors, and Settlers. With a Chapter on the Agricultural Prospects of South Africa. By THEO. KASSNER, Mine Manager, Author of the Geological Sketch Map of the De Kaap Goldfields. Crown 8vo. Fully Illustrated. Fancy Cloth Boards. 4s. 6d. "Simple, comprehensive, and concise. Numerous illustrations and plans enable one to follow with ease the detailed descriptions."-Financial News. THE METALLURGY OF GOLD. By T. KIRKE ROSE, D.Sc., Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint. FOURTH EDITION, Revised and considerably Enlarged. Large 8vo. Handsome Cloth. With Illustrations. 21s. "A contribution to metallurgical literature of CLASSICAL VALUE."-Nature. LEAD AND SILVER (The Metallurgy of). By HENRY F. COLLINS, Assoc. R. S.M., Assoc. Mem. Inst.C.E. In two volumes. PART I.-LEAD, with Sections on Smelting and Desilverisation, and on the Assay and Analysis of the Materials involved. With Illustrations. Large 8vo. Handsome Cloth. 16s. PART II.-SILVER.-Sources and Treatment of Ores; Descriptions of Plant, Machinery, and Process; Refining, &c. 16s. LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LTD., EXETER STREET, STRAND. A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR PROSPECTORS, EXPLORERS, SETTLERS, AND ALL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LANDS. BY S. HERBERT ÇOX, ASSOC.R.S.M., M.INST. M. AND M., F.G.S., ETC.; MINING AND CONSULTING ENGINEER; BEING ONE OF THE "NEW LAND" SERIES EDITED BY prof. GRENVILLE COLE, M.R.I.A., F.G.S. CHARLES GRIFFIN & COMPANY, LIMITED; EXETER STREET, STRAND. 1906. [All Rights Reserved.] PUBLISHERS' NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. THE Author has gone carefully through the book and made such corrections and alterations as the short interval between the editions made necessary, and it is hoped that the book will continue in favour as hitherto. July, 1906. PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION. It has not been deemed advisable to make any material alterations in the plan and scope of this work, so that, beyond careful revision and the addition of a few characteristic illustrations of important mineral deposits, the present edition is in much the same form as the previous ones. The criticisms of the press generally, and the kind expressions of personal approval of the book which the Author has received from numerous practical men, lead him to hope that he has succeeded in his endeavour to produce a handy and useful book for prospectors in all lands, so far as all the important minerals and ores, their recognition and their modes of occurrence, are concerned. S. HERBERT COX. LONDON, January, 1903. |