MS BOOK AND MINERAL COMPANY 

Mining History and Geology of the United States

Minnesota

GP 0556 / REGIONAL AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR & ADJACENT, $ 10

GQ 1457 / GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE TOWER QUADRANGLE, MINNESOTA, $ 10

I 1527 / GEOLOGIC MAP OF ARCHEAN ROCKS, WESTERN VERMILLION DISTRICT, NO. MINNESOTA, $ 10

# 210, HERMAN-MORRIS, 1919, $ 35

Minnesota USBM Publications:

IC 8157 / SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS AND COSTS, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL AREA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, $ 8

RI 4937 / INVESTIGATION OF IRON SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AITKIN AND CARLTON COUNTIES, MINNESOTA, $ 8

RI 5400 / INVESTIGATION OF CUYUNA IRON-RANGE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CROW WING COUNTY, MINNESOTA, $16

RI 5442 / ACID-FERROUS SULFATE LEACHING OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE CARBONATE AND OXIDE ORES, CUYUNA RANGE, MINNESOTA, $ 16

B 6 / Winchell, N.H. and Winchell, H. V. / IRON ORES OF MINNESOTA, Their Geology, Discovery, Development, Qualities and Origin, and Comparison with those of other Iron Districts, with a Geological Map, Author’s Edition, 26 figs., and 44 plates, 4 appendices, Minneapolis, 1891, cl, 429 pages, - 3 -, $ 255 [Book is in good condition with little wear, plates appear to never been unfolded; contents: Iron Ores of Minnesota - their distribution and geology; method of exploration and mining, and descriptions of the various mines; the transportation of Minnesota ores; Origin of the Ores of Iron, more...]

B 10 / Spurr, J. E. / THE IRON-BEARING ROCKS OF THE MESABI RANGE IN MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 1894, cl, 268 pages, - 2 -, $ 225 [This book is in unbelievable good condition; it contains 12 chapters: General Structure of the Mesabi Range; Minor Stratigraphy of the Western Mesabi; Macroscopic Study of the Rocks of the Iron-Bearing Member; Microscopic Study of Certain Group of the Rocks of the Iron-Bearing Member; Classification of the Iron-Bearing Rocks; General Description of the Process of Metasomatosis; Nature of the Agents which have Effected the changes in the Rocks of the Iron-Bearing Member; more...]

B 41 / Goldlich, S. S., et. al. / THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 1961, cl, 37 figs., 5 plates (in pocket), 32 tables, - 3 -, $ 45

B 43 / Gunderson, J. N. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE METAMORPHOSED BIWABIK IRON-FORMATION, EASTERN MESABI DISTRICT, MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 1962, cl, 139 pages, 5 tables, 1 plate, 41 figs., - 3 -, $ 40

B 45 / French, B. M. / PROGRESSIVE CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF THE BIWABIK IRON-FORMATION, MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 1968, cl, 103 pages, 38 figs., 10 tables, - 3 -, $ 40

19th Annual Report / Winchell, N. H. / THE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 1892, cl, 255 pages, - 3 - $ 65 [Contents include: Boricky’s micro-chemical method of examination of minerals and rocks; the Wood of Minnesota; Notes on the Petrography and Geology of the region of Akeley lake, in Northeast Minnesota; Lamellibranchs of the Lower Silurian, more....]

M 10 / Craddock, C., et.al. / SIMPLE BOUGUER GRAVITY MAP OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN, 14 pages, 3 figs., 1 folded sheet, - 5 -, $ 10

Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey Maps:

Geologic Map of Minnesota (color):

GEOLOGIC MAP OF MINNESOTA, folded, 1:500,000 scale, 1932, $ 15

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, folded, $ 10

GEOLOGIC MAP OF EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA (including Duluth, Stillwater, and parts of St. Cloud and Brainerd Geologic Map Sheets, folded, 1981, $ 5

Anonymous / FINAL REPORT: PRODUCTION OF HIGH GRADE MANGANESE PRODUCTS FROM CUYUNA R-N TAILING, Mines Experiment Station, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1966, sprial bound, 190 pages, - 2 -, $ 55

Boese, D. L. / JOHN C. GREENWAY AND THE OPENING OF THE WESTERN MESABI, Grand Rapids, 1975, cl, 222 pages, - 3 -, $ 38

Crowell & Murray, Chemists and Metallurgists / THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR CONTAINING SOME FACTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MINING AND SHIPPING OF THE ORE AND LOCATION OF PRINCIPLE MINES OF MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA, 2nd Edition, Cleveland, 1914, cl, 257 pages, index to mines and ores, 7 pages of advertisements, - 3 -, $ 125

Crowell & Murray, Chemists and Metallurgists / THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR CONTAINING SOME FACTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MINING AND SHIPPING OF THE ORE AND LOCATION OF PRINCIPLE MINES OF MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA, 7th Edition, Cleveland, 1930, cl, 332 pages, index to mines and ores, colored, folded maps showing ore deposits, - 3 -, $ 175

Gruner, J. W. / MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE MESABI RANGE, St. Paul, 1946, pb, 127 pages, 1 plate in pocket, - 3 -, $ 40

Nathan, H. / THE GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX, COOK COUNTY, PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota, 1969, 198 pages, maps, University Microfilms Reprint, $ 40

Nute, G. L., Ed. / MESABI PIONEER: Reminiscences of Edmund J. Longyear, St. Paul, 1951, cl, 116 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Ojakangas, R. W. and Matsch, C. L. / MINNESOTA’S GEOLOGY, Minneapolis, 1982, pb, 255 pages, a few inks marks in text and on end plates, ovg, - 3 -, $ 28

Owen, D. D. / OWEN’S REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WISCONSIN, IOWA AND MINNESOTA, AND A PORTION OF NEBRASKA, Published under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Philadelphia, 1852, Lippinott, Grambo and Co., consists of two original volumes bound as one; 638 pages; illustrations bound in, exceptionally clean pages with little or no foxing, boards show typical wear with chipping along edges of boards and at top and bottom of spine, ovg, - 5 -, $ 500

Owen, D. D. / OWEN’S REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WISCONSIN, IOWA AND MINNESOTA, AND A PORTION OF NEBRASKA, Published under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Philadelphia, 1852, Lippinott, Grambo and Co., consists of two original cloth volumes; text volume boards in good condition, typical wear, spotting and chipping to boards of plate volume, 638 pages; foxing/discoloration on some pages, stains on edges of some plates, - 3 -, $ 400 for both volumes

Quinn, C. K. and Company / 1921 ANALYSIS OF LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, Duluth, cl, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 40 [Includes three photographs of mining activities in 1921; Includes analyses of Bessemer Ores (Mesabi), non-Bessemer Ores (Mesabi, Cuyuna) and manganiferous ore (Cuyuna); ores are analyzed for content of iron, phosphorus, silica, alumina, lime, more...]

Quinn, C. K. and Company / 1922 ANALYSIS OF LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, Duluth, cl, 51 pages, - 3 -, $ 50 [Same as item above, only for 1922]

Saini-Eidukat, B. / PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS IN ANORTHOSITIC ROCKS OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX, MINNESOTA: PETROGENETIC AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota, 1991, 146 pages, University Microfilms Reprint, Ann Arbor, $ 30

Sims, P. K. and Morey, G. B., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA: A CENTENNIAL VOLUME in honor of George M. Schwartz, Minnesota Geological Survey, St. Paul, 1972, cl, 632 pages, illustrated, 2 plates in pocket, newly rebound, - 5 -, $ 100; another copy with slight wear on cover, $ 75

Smith, D. L. / SURVIVAL ON A WESTWARD TREK, 1858 - 1859: The John Jones Overlanders, Athens, 1989, cl, 144 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Warren, R. K. / AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY MINNESOTA, 17 pages, 13 figs., - 2 -, $ 8

Winchell, A. N. / HANDBOOK OF MINING IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, AIME Meeting, 1920, pb, 260 pages, - 3 -, $ 225 [Book is loaded with details of mining in northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan; contains maps of mine locations, numerous illustrations of smelters, mines, mills, steam shovels, and even a photograph of hydraulic mining at the Hillcrest Mine; book was originally owned by the Oliver Iron Mining Company of Duluth]