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plant, or a syndicate or company can afford £2,000. Most of the material has been gathered from plants working profitably today, and from the experience of practical men well known in the Australasian cyaniding world, while numerous illustrations and diagrams further assist the reader. The result is a book that should be particularly valuable, even to non technical readers.
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The pen that has written so many fine books of the Australian out back here makes a valuable contribution in a simple and detailed account intended especially for the working miner and small syndicate. The process is practically explained from A to Z, whether the reader can invest only £20 in a
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It was the first of Idriess' books to sell a decent amount. The author later recalled, " People bought that prospecting book, and I made enough money out of it to pay rent to my Darlinghurst landlady, buy a new pair of shoes, and get some tucker." He was launched as a professional writer.
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Idriess was doing odd jobs when he wrote the book. He says he was inspired to do so because it was the Great Depression and he thought many unemployed people were interested in gold prospecting. He wrote the book relatively quickly and it was soon picked up for publication.
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It focuses on the cyaniding process. It included a chapter on mining-engineer E. W. O'Brien's air-slaked lime discovery. According to the
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In 1939 it was reported the book sold just over twelve thousand copies in Australasia, "a world's record for a semi-technical book."
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Opals and Sapphires: How to Work, Mine, Class, Cut, Polish, and Sell Them
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The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser
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Ion Idriess
Angus and Robertson
Ion Idriess
Ion Idriess
Angus and Robertson
Ion Idriess
Angus and Robertson
Ion Idriess
Angus and Robertson
"PROSPECTING FOR GOLD"
The Central Queensland Herald
"PROSPECTING FOR GOLD"
Cairns Post
"Author of Twenty-two Books And Still Going Strong"
The Sydney Morning Herald
"WRITING AND TRAVEL"
The West Australian
"Lure of Gold"
North West Champion
"CYANIDING FOR GOLD"
The Argus (Melbourne)
"Lure of Gold"
North West Champion
"BOOKS RIGHT FROM THE PRESS"
The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser
"Delightful Story Of Sark"
The Mail (Adelaide)
"FORTUNES IN MINERALS"
Cairns Post

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