The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 149A. Constable, 1879 |
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... present yield for a cen- tury . Now , the extent of auriferous soil , requisite for a century's production at the present rate , is less than the area of Middlesex ; and M. Chevalier held that it was not a very sanguine view to suppose ...
... present yield for a cen- tury . Now , the extent of auriferous soil , requisite for a century's production at the present rate , is less than the area of Middlesex ; and M. Chevalier held that it was not a very sanguine view to suppose ...
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... ; and when this stage was reached , a large portion of these hardy and en- ergetic workers took to agriculture . At the present day , districts where thousands of busy gold - diggers were once 1879 . 9 The New Golden Age .
... ; and when this stage was reached , a large portion of these hardy and en- ergetic workers took to agriculture . At the present day , districts where thousands of busy gold - diggers were once 1879 . 9 The New Golden Age .
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... present mountains in California pounded down , the quartz contained in them would not constitute a ten - thousandth part of the alluvial gravel - beds so widely spread over the country . Whence , then , had all the gold come ? Where ...
... present mountains in California pounded down , the quartz contained in them would not constitute a ten - thousandth part of the alluvial gravel - beds so widely spread over the country . Whence , then , had all the gold come ? Where ...
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... present surface they find the original bed of the river - a bed of rock , smooth and waterworn , with pot - holes where the eddies once swirled ; and the middle of the bed , where the current ran strongest , is a good deal lower than ...
... present surface they find the original bed of the river - a bed of rock , smooth and waterworn , with pot - holes where the eddies once swirled ; and the middle of the bed , where the current ran strongest , is a good deal lower than ...
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... present unworkable , is said to be absolutely incalculable . These great auriferous gravel - beds , says a recent observer , are hardly scratched over , ' and hydraulic mining now yields a more certain harvest than the raising of ...
... present unworkable , is said to be absolutely incalculable . These great auriferous gravel - beds , says a recent observer , are hardly scratched over , ' and hydraulic mining now yields a more certain harvest than the raising of ...
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