Information Circular 8517: How to Mine and Prospect for Placer Gold

Details

• Personal Author:
  West, John M.
• Description:
  Increased leisure time and increased interest in the out-of-doors is leading more and more families to experiment with placer mining of gold, and sometimes even to going on into small-scale production. This Bureau of Mines report supplies basic information on areas of occurrence, equipment needed, prospecting, sampling, mining, and regulations concerning the possession and sale of gold. Selected references are given for further study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Metals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  47 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009391
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1971
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c20f8b395cdbbc44f3a514377b25839acdb3070b0afcb4da1b1d14a15f6e9ff282811cb98cc44445b29e5b1bb914207658987b384b79ad222764332bf2c8c339
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206241/cdc_206241_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.50 MB ]