STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; BEING THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, COMMISSIONER OF MINING STATISTICS. (Spine title: "Mineral Resources West of the Rocky Mountains 1872.")

Raymond, Rossiter W. [Rossiter Worthington Raymond], 1840-1918. United States Department of the Treasury. George Little, 1838-1924; John Little, 1800-1886 (past owners).

Published by Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office [U.S. G.P.O. - US GPO], 1873.

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566 pages. Hardcover: H 23cm x L 15.25cm. Contemporary black cloth ("U.S. Government Bindery" blind-stamped within boards' spine margin borders); some rubbing and surface abrasions; board corners bumped; shallow losses to frayed spine ends; spine's gilt lettering quite dulled but legible; discreet glue repair to subtle separation of surface cloth at lower spine. Book now presented in a trimmed Dura-Lar mylar sheet forming a dj which modestly enhances shelf presence. Top edge darkened; foxing to toned fore-edge and bottom edge. Endpapers foxed; four-line ink ownership inscription "John Little | Tuscaloosa | Ala. | Jan. 25, 1878." on front free endpaper; some interior toning. Binding is firm. With unpaged large b/w foldouts opposite pages 407 and 408; five plates (including one foldout) regarding Stevens Institute of Technology. With Introductory, Appendix, and twenty-three chapters in three parts titled: "Condition of the mining industry" (reviewing California, Nevada, Idaho and Oregon, Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming); "Metallurgical processes;" and "Miscellaneous." Acquired from an extended collection of books purchased from a descendant of Confederate Army officer George Little, 1838-1924, who served as Mississippi state geologist and Georgia state geologist in addition to various teaching positions and whose father Dr. John Little (1800-1886) emigrated from Scotland as a youth and resided in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for fifty years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; BEING THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, COMMISSIONER OF MINING STATISTICS. (Spine title: "Mineral Resources West of the Rocky Mountains 1872.")
• Publisher: Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office [U.S. G.P.O. - US GPO], 1873.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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