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1880 Census: Volume 15. Mining Industries of the United States

1880 Census: Volume 15. Report on the Mining Industries of the United States (Exclusive of the Precious Metals)

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1880 Census: Volume 15. Report on the Mining Industries of the United States (Exclusive of the Precious Metals)

1886

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Reports on Mining Industries of the United States (exclusive of precious metals) with special investigations into the Iron Rescource of the Republic and into Cretaceous Coals of the United States.

Reports on Mining Industries in the United States

Graphical and Geological Distribution of Iron Ores [12.0 MB]
Samples of Iron Ores: Northern New England, Connecticut, and New York [5.3 MB]
Samples of Iron Ores: New Jersey and Pennsylvania [8.7 MB]
Samples of Iron Ores: Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee [11.0 MB]
Samples of Iron Ores: Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin [7.4 MB]
Samples of Iron Ores: Missippi, Minnesota, and West of the One Hundredth Meridan [5.7 MB]
Analysis of Iron Ores in the United States [8.0 MB]
Directory of Mines and Metallurgical Establishments [9.9 MB]

Reports and Statistics on Coals in United States

Coals of United States [10.0 MB]
Cretaceous Coals and Lingnites of the Northwest [5.3 MB]
Coal-Fields of Montana and Washington Territory [9.5 MB]
Statistics of the Production Cooper: Table 40 - 76 [3.9 MB]

1880 Census: Volume 15. Report on the Mining Industries of the United States (Exclusive of the Precious Metals)

1880 Census: Volume 15. Report on the Mining Industries of the United States (Exclusive of the Precious Metals)

Reports on Mining Industries in the United States

Reports and Statistics on Coals in United States

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