Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Mines and Their Story
My choice of subjects requires little explanation and no apology. Gold and silver are the historic precious metals known to and valued by man, almost since the world began. Diamonds are of course, for value, purity, and brilliance, unique even among precious stones. Iron as a dominant factor in an age of steel is only equalled in importance by coal, which is not only an almost universal fuel, but the world's most potent source of energy, whether in the form of heat or light, or transformed into steam.
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