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1877 - Book: Mines and Mining in the Western States - Gil Schmidtmann Collection

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1877 - Book: Mines and Mining in the Western States - Gil Schmidtmann Collection
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Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories of the West of the Rocky Mountains; Being the Eight Annual Report of Rossiter W. Raymond United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. It was written and produced in Washington D.C. at the Government printing office. The book presents mining information of each state and their counties. Measures 9”x 6”. Very little wear on the binding and edges of the front and back covers. The pages have a few age marks. Original pull out maps are still attached in the book and have very little wear. Rossiter W. Raymond was a native of New York and attended college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. After graduating first in his class he headed overseas to study at the Royal Mining Academy, Freiberg, Saxony, and at the Heidelberg and Munich universities. He returned to the United States and worked as a mining consultant before being hired as the U. S. Commissioner of Mining Statistics in 1869. A friend of Raymond once said “Dr. Raymond was one of the most remarkable cases [of] versatility that our country has ever seen’—sailor, soldier, engineer, lawyer, orator, editor, novelist, story-teller, poet, biblical critic, theologian, teacher, chess-player—he was superior in each capacity. What he did, he always did well.” [Rossiter Worthington Raymond A Memorial. Published by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Edited by T.A. Rickard New York, NY. The Maple Press York, PA. 1920 pages 18-25, 31-38]