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<blockquote data-quote="Creekbed" data-source="post: 262233" data-attributes="member: 178"><p>Some of the very best books were written back in the 1930s. They were written as texts to help men who wanted to go and try to make a living prospecting during the Depression.</p><p></p><p>Three books come to mind that should be part of any budding prospectors library are;</p><p></p><p>1. "Prospecting For Gold" by Ion L Idriess. first published 1931</p><p>This book is considered to be the bible of Gold Prospecting and although written almost a century ago a lot of its content hold true today. It is a book I often re read.</p><p></p><p>2. "The Australian Gold Prospectors Handbook" by C. Barclay Smith. first published 1931</p><p></p><p>3. "Getting Gold" An ABC of prospecting in Australia by "Fossicker" published 1931.</p><p></p><p>Two of the better books I have found written around the last big Rush of the Late 1970s are;</p><p></p><p>"All About Prospecting" by H.K.Garland. which is also printed under the title "Panning and Prospecting for Beginners" both first published in 1975</p><p></p><p>"Gold, Where to go and how to find it" by Richard Shears published 1980.</p><p></p><p>Cheers Creekbed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Creekbed, post: 262233, member: 178"] Some of the very best books were written back in the 1930s. They were written as texts to help men who wanted to go and try to make a living prospecting during the Depression. Three books come to mind that should be part of any budding prospectors library are; 1. "Prospecting For Gold" by Ion L Idriess. first published 1931 This book is considered to be the bible of Gold Prospecting and although written almost a century ago a lot of its content hold true today. It is a book I often re read. 2. "The Australian Gold Prospectors Handbook" by C. Barclay Smith. first published 1931 3. "Getting Gold" An ABC of prospecting in Australia by "Fossicker" published 1931. Two of the better books I have found written around the last big Rush of the Late 1970s are; "All About Prospecting" by H.K.Garland. which is also printed under the title "Panning and Prospecting for Beginners" both first published in 1975 "Gold, Where to go and how to find it" by Richard Shears published 1980. Cheers Creekbed [/QUOTE]
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