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A Self-Guided Tour of the Grass Valley - Nevada City Mine Sites (PH 13-5)(1977) (48 pages)
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A SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF THE
GRASS VALLEY — NEVADA CITY MINE SITES
by
F. D. Calhoon
THE MINING MUSEUM
The curator will aid you if you decide to see the mining artifacts on display there. . encourage
you to do so, for the exhibits are very worthwhile. A trip through the Museum will give you a much
better understanding of the difficulties met by the “hard rock”’ miners. You will also gain an appreciation of the science and art of underground mining.
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Ore samples;
Assay office equipment — the furnace, the crucibles, the cupels, the balances, and the ore
sampling and grinding equipment;
Mining tools — picks and shovels, single and double jacks, hand and machine drills;
Working stamp mill models;
Diamond drill machine and diamond drill;
Mine candle holders and carbide head lamps;
Gold-melting crucibles and tongs; gold bar molds, bullion balances;
Model of the Pelton Water Wheel;
Hydraulic hose nozzle;
Gold pans and rockers;
Mercury retorts;
Jack hammers — drifters and stopers;
Pictures of drifting, stoping, and of many other phases of mining.