Project Gutenberg 2008-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 655 Hoover, Herbert 1874 1964 United States President (1929-1933) Hoover, Herbert Clark Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration Produced by Robert J. Hall "Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration" by Herbert Hoover is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work serves as a comprehensive resource focused on the principles of mining, particularly the valuation, organization, and administration of various mineral resources including copper, gold, lead, silver, tin, and zinc. It highlights both theoretical and practical elements crucial for understanding the complexities of mining enterprises. The opening of the book establishes its foundational nature through a preface that outlines its purpose and origin as a condensation of lecture series delivered at prestigious universities. Hoover emphasizes the challenge of valuing mines due to numerous speculative factors while asserting the importance of both management and geological evidence in assessing a mine's worth. The initial chapter engages the reader with the specifics of mine valuation, detailing methods for determining average metal content through sampling and assay plans, thereby laying the groundwork for an in-depth discussion of the various complexities involved in the mining industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Mines and mineral resources Mining engineering Mineral industries -- Finance TN Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General Category: Engineering & Technology 521749 2025-06-11T06:33:35.396035 text/html 506482 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2317441 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2417841 2025-06-11T06:33:53.314985 application/epub+zip 2421693 2025-06-11T06:33:42.457009 application/epub+zip 220194 2025-06-11T06:33:38.835045 application/epub+zip 3305884 2025-06-11T06:33:59.479987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3265738 2025-06-11T06:33:50.117960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408113 2022-09-12T10:52:03.218912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392479 2025-06-11T06:33:33.412073 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392090 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 135332 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 392206 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 135265 2021-01-04T04:00:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21012 2025-06-11T06:33:59.653933 application/rdf+xml 26889 2025-06-11T06:33:39.456048 image/jpeg 4935 2025-06-11T06:33:39.146047 image/jpeg 2420056 2025-06-11T06:33:35.543115 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia