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NV - Eureka,1884 - Eureka Mining District, 2 Volumes

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NV - Eureka,1884 - Eureka Mining District, 2 Volumes
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Includes: Monographs of the USGS: Paleontology of the Eureka District by Walcott, Charles Doolittle. Hardcover, indexed, 298 pages plus many additional illustration plates. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1884. Front cover separated from spine. Book presents "the results of a careful survey of a district with a rich fauna, through 3,000 feet of Paleozoic strata, representing the Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous rocks." 2) Monographs of the USGS: Silver-Lead Deposits of Eureka, NV by Curtis, Joseph Story. Soft cover, indexed, 198 pages. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1884. By the end of 1882, Ruby Hill and the Eureka Mining District produced up to 60 million in precious metals, with about one-third of this in gold. Approximately 225,000 tons of lead was also produced.