The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California, Volume 6, Issue 1 |
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| Title | The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California, Volume 6, Issue 1 Volume 1 of Contributions to American geology Volume 6, Issue 1 of Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California, Josiah Dwight Whitney |
| Author | Josiah Dwight Whitney |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University Press, 1880 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Length | 569 pages |
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