Historical Reference Books
I have included a lot of my historical books that have some practical use, or might be interesting to people. Many of these digitized books are courtesy of The Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg. These books are free to save and share, but please don't try to sell them (the volunteers who did all the digitizing get very testy about that). These books are all in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader or another .pdf viewer will be required to open the files. I have included this at the bottom of the table for those that don't already have it.
Also, please note that some of these books have file sizes of over 100 megabytes. Without a fast internet connection, it may take quite a while to download and display.
| De Re Metallica | THE Mining Reference by Goergius Agricola (1556) | 94.53mb |
| The Colonization of North America | 1492-1783, HE Bolton, (1936) | 63.56mb |
| The Spanish Borderlands | As Described, HE Bolton, (1920) | 19.09mb |
| THE MISSION AS A FRONTIER INSTITUTION IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN COLONIES |
As Described, HE Bolton, (1917) | 2.14mb |
| Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal Archives of Mexico |
As Described, HE Bolton, (1913) | 68.34mb |
| MATERIAL FOR SOUTHWESTERN HISTORY IN THE CENTRAL ARCHIVES OF MEXICO | As Described, HE Bolton, (1908) | 2.86mb |
| Report to Congress on the Mineral Resources of the United States | J. Ross Browns Chronicle to Congress of Mineral Riches West of the Rockies, that include the Planchas de Plata. This is THE report that has been widely quoted from. It's now yours to keep and read.(1867) | 60.06mb |
| THE EARLY EXPLORATIONS OF FATHER GARCES ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE | As Described, HE Bolton, (1917) | 3.4mb |
| The Onate Expedition | As described, HE Bolton, (1919) | 4.77mb |
| ABCs of Mining | A handbook for prospectors (1898) | 10.55mb |
| Adventures of a Treasure Hunter | First person stories (1951) | 11.59mb |
| Arizona and Sonora: | The Geography, History, and Resources of the Silver Region of North America (1864) | 24.53mb |
| Arizona The Wonderland | A History of Arizona from ancient times with color plates (1912) | 74.88mb |
| The Book of Buried Treasure | One of the earlier treasure story books (1911) | 50.78mb |
| Data Referring to Mexican Mining | Details of early Mexican Mining Data (1901) | 25.10mb |
| Details of Practical Mining | A detailed guide to mining (1916) | 71.96mb |
| Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms | Mining Terminology of the Spanish and Portugese (1914) | 47.89mb |
| Dredging for Gold in California | As Described (1907) | 32.37mb |
| Drilling for Placer Gold | As Described | 20.31mb |
| Early Account of the Establishment of Jesuit Missions in America | As Described (1920) | 4mb |
| Early Jesuit Missions in North America | As Described by: RIGHT REV. WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP, D.D.,(1873) | 33.61mb |
| Famous Gold Nuggets | A worldwide compendium of famous gold nuggets (1901) | 7.18mb |
| The Fire Assay of Gold, Silver, and Lead in Ores and Metallurgical Products | Detailed instructions of how to fire assay precious metals (1907) | 22.54mb |
| The Great Bonanza | Gold Mining among the raftsmen (1876) | 54.17mb |
| The Hidden People | The story of the search for Inca Treasure (1920) | 21.03mb |
| History of the Gunpowder Plot | When the Catholics tried to murder their way to power in England in 1605 (1904) | 27.11mb |
| INSTRUCTIONS
for Collecting, Testing, Melting and Assaying GOLD |
As Described (1849) | 5.71mb |
| Laboratory Instructions for Fire Assays of Gold, Silver, and Lead | As Described (1913) | 12.63mb |
| Land in California | THE STORY OF MISSION LANDS
RANCHOS, SQUATTERS, MINING CLAIMS, RAILROAD GRANTS LAND SCRIP, HOMESTEADS (1948) |
41.12mb |
| The Lure 'O Gold | Stories of Gold Fever (1904) | 15.97mb |
| The Miner's Handbook | As Described (1894) | 25.38mb |
| Arizona Mining Codes | Laws and statutes (1912) | 2.49mb |
| Geological Survey of California | Mining Statistics (1866) | 2.04mb |
| Mining Tables | As Described (1907) | 30.54mb |
| Model of an Arizona Gold Mine | As Described (1922) | 2.59mb |
| The New Pearl of Great Price | Story of the Philosopher's Stone (1894) | 21.50mb |
| On the Milling of Gold Quartz | As Described (1882) | 4.89mb |
| Practical Mining and Assaying | As Described (1897) | 9.84mb |
| The Repletion and Age of Mineral Veins | How to tell the type and age of mineral veins (1838) | 20.88mb |
| Sonora: Spanish, Mining, and Indians | History of Sonora Mexico (1861) | 13.40mb |
| The Treasure of the Incas | A Tale of Adventure (1911) | 24.82mb |
| The Treasure of Montezuma | As Described (1888) | 18.37mb |
| Treasure Trove | (1909) | 140mb |
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