Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London. Seventh (7th) Session. Volume VI (6). de Arthur Claudet (ed.) - 1898

348 pp. including index. Plates, charts, diagrams, tables. Lightly marked ex-institutional library with pastedown and cardholder on front endpaper. Worn corners and exterior joints. Title page bears an ink stamp as well as the blindstamp of Theodore J. Hoover, San Francisco & London. Hoover was the brother of the 31st US President, a mining consultant, and professor at Stanford University.

Contains the following Papers:

--Notes on Sump Solution, Extractor Box Work, and Cleaning up, in the Cyanide Process.  By Alfred James. --The so-called Lode Formations of Hannan's and Telluride Deposits. By H.P. Woodward. --Notes on the Sampling of Argentiferous and Auriferous Lead, with Diagrams illustrating the Unequal Distribution (segregation) of the Precious Metals. By Arthur C. Claudet. --Notes on the South German Mine, Maldon, Victoria. By James Mactear (president). --Mining in Perak. By Frank Owen. --Note on the so-called "Selective Action" of Cyanide of Potassium for Gold. By W.A. Dixon. --Mining on the Black Reef, Witwatersand Goldfields, South Africa. By W. Fischer Wilkinson. --Notes on the Buying and Sampling of Ores, and the Working of Mines on the Tribute System in Chile (Chile). By Gerald V. Hopkins. --On the Succesful Treatment of Tailings by the Direct Filling Process on the Witwatersand. By F. Cardeell Pengilly. --Notes on the Action of Cyanogen on Gold. By James Park. --Mexican Methods of Mining by S.B. Newall --Notes of a Visit to the Gold Mines at Kalgoorli, Western Australia. By William Frecheville.
--Notes on Shaft Sinking. By William Teague --On Diamond Drilling in the Transvaal. By W. Wyebergh. --The Minerals which Accompany Gold, and their Bearing upon the Richness of Ore Deposits.  By T.A. Richard. --Notes on the Electrolysis of Argentiferous Copper. By William Terrill. --Some Notes on the Recovery of Gold from Cyanide Solutions. By Sherard Cowper-Coles --Determination of the Present Value of a Mine on the Rand. By Fred Hellman --Notes on a Combination Mill in the United States. By Walter McDermott --Filter-Press Treatment of Gold Ore Slimes. (Hannan's, West Australia). By William McNeill. --The Portable Mono-Rail Transport system. By C.C. Hoyer Millar --On the Occurrence of Diamonds at Inverell, New South Wales. By H.M. Porter --On the Use of Fuel at Caylloma, Peru. By Bernard Hunt. --The  Treatment of Broken Hill Sulphide Ores by Wet Extraction Processes, and the Electrolytic Deposition of zinc. By Edgar A. Ashcroft --Some Peculiarities in the Melting of Gold and silver bullion of various Finenesses. By George Atwood.