Brady, B. H. G. and Brown, E. T. / ROCK MECHANICS FOR UNDERGROUND MINING, 2nd Edition, Dordrecht, 2002, pb, 571 pages, - 1 -, $ 145

Brawner, C. O., Ed. / STABILITY IN SURFACE MINING, VOLUME 3, Third International Conference, Vancouver, 1981, 1982, cl, 872 pages, - 2 -, $ 60

Brawner, C. O. and Milligan, V., Ed. / STABILITY IN OPEN PIT MINING, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Stability in Open Pit Mining, SME, New York, 1971, cl, 242 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Bray, R. N. / DREDGING: A Handbook for Engineers, London, 1979, cl, 276 pages, - 2 -, $ 75

Bucky, P. B. / MINING BY BLOCK CAVING, Published by Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, 1945, pb, introduction, details and diagrams of the underground structure of the following mines: Miami Mine, Climax Mine, Inspiration Mine, King and Johnson Mine, Sunrise Mine, Emma Nevada Mine, Ray Mines, and the Crestmore Mine, - 3 -, $ 200

Cook, N. G. W. / ROCK MECHANICS RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY, CONSTRUCTION, AND EARTHQUAKE-HAZARD REDUCTION, Washington, D. C., 1981, pb, 222 pages, - 2 -, $ 18

Dravco Corporation / ANALYSIS OF LARGE NON-COAL UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS, Pittsburgh, 1974, Report written for the United States Bureau of Mines, NTIS Reprint, 603 pages, - 5 -, $ 28

Engineering and Mining Journal / PORTFOLIO OF SUCCESSFUL MINING AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES, New York, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Gillette, H. P. / ROCK EXCAVATION: Methods and Cost, 1907, cl, 376 pages, 4 pages of advertisements, - 3 -, $ 30

Hartman, H. L., Ed. / CASE STUDIES OF SURFACE MINING, Proceedings of the II International Surface Mining Conference, Minneapolis, 1968, New York, 1969, cl, 322 pages, - 5 -, $ 28

Hilchey, G. R., Edwards, R. W. and Philpot, M. D. / PLACER PILOT PLANT PROPOSAL, Vancouver, 1982, afb, 42 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Hoek, E., Ed. / ROCK SLOPE STABILITY IN OPEN CAST MINING, Imperial College Rock Mechanics Progress Report # 2, London, 1970, pb, 71 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Hoek, E., Ed. / ROCK SLOPE STABILITY IN OPEN CAST MINING, Imperial College Rock Mechanics Progress Report # 3, London, 1970, pb, 25 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Hoek, E., Ed. / BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SLOPE STABILITY, Imperial College Rock Mechanical Research Report # 11, London, 1970, pb, reprint from Rock Mechanics Abstracts, Volume 1 # 3, 1970, pb, 30 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Huang, Y. H. / STABILITY OF SPOIL BANKS AND HOLLOW FILLS CREATED BY SURFACE MINING, Lexington, 1978, pb, 97 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Hustrulid, W. / BLASTING PRINCIPLES FOR OPEN-PIT MINING, Volume One: GENERAL DESIGN CONCEPTS, Rotterdam, 1999, pb, 382 pages <and> Volume Two: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, Rotterdam, 1999, pb, 1013 pages, - 1 -, $ 199

Hustrulid, W. and Bullock, R. L., Ed. / UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS: ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS AND INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES, Littleton, 2001, cl, 718 pages, - 1 -, $ 249 [Sections of the book include: General Mine Design Considerations (5 chapters); Room-And-Pillar Mining of Hard Rock (6 chapters); Room-And-Pillar Mining of Soft Rock (4 chapters); Longwall Mining of Hard Rock (3 chapters); Shrinkage Stoping (2 chapters); Sublevel Stoping (11 chapters); Cut-And-Fill Mining (11 chapters); Sublevel Caving (5 chapters); Panel Caving (8 chapters); Foundations for Design (17 chapters); Underground Mining Looks to the Future (5 chapters); most chapters are detailed with an actual mine location demonstrating a certain mining method; these mining locations are explained in detail usually with the layout, geology, mine structure, raises and stoping, production, etc.]

Hustrulid, W. and Kuchta, M. / OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN, 2^nd Edition, Volume 1 - FUNDAMENTALS, London, 2006, pb, 735 pages, sections of book include Mine Planning, Mining Revenues and Accounts; Orebody Descriptions; Geometric Considerations; Pit Limits; Production Planning; Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves; Responsible Mining, also included is Volume 2 - CSMine Software Package and Orebody Case Examples, London, 2006, pb, pages 736 - 971, - 1 -, $ 199 [The CD for the software package comes sealed in the back of Volume 1]

Hustrulid, W. A., McCarter, M. K., and Van Zyl, D. J. A., Ed. / SLOPE STABILITY IN SURFACE MINING, Littleton, 2000, cl, 442 pages, - 1 -, $ 159  [Book contains 49 chapters; sections of the book include: Rock Slope Design Considerations, Case Studies in Rock Slope Stability, Stability of Waste Rock Embankments, Tailings and Heap Leaching]

Kennedy, B. A., Ed. / SURFACE MINING, 2^nd Edition, Littleton, 1990, cl, 1194 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Klein, J. / DRY WASHING FOR GOLD, Whittier, 1980, pb, 81 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

LeGaye, E. S. / GOLD....ABC’s OF PANNING, How to find placer gold, the necessary equipment, How to use your gold-pan, for health, for fun, for profit, Houston, 1970, pb, 56 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Loo, C. and Loo, V. / CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE PIT SURFACE CAVING MINING SYSTEM, Phase I, Phoenix, 1977, cl, - 3 -, $ 75

McCulloch, R., Lewis, B., Keill, D., and Shumaker, M. / APPLIED GOLD PLACER EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, Butte, 2003, spiral bound, 267 pages, - 1 -, $ 50

McDaniel, A. B. / EXCAVATION: Machinery Methods and Costs, 1st Edition, New York, 1919, cl, 542 pages, slight foxing on front and back endplates, - 3 -, $ 45 [excellent illustrated book with examples of the early scrapers, power shovels, dredges, trenches, more]

McCracken, D. / GOLD MINING IN THE 1980'S: The Complete Book of Modern Procedure, Big Bar, 1985, pb, 259 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Pariseau, W. G. / DESIGN ANALYSIS IN ROCK MECHANICS, London, 2007, pb, 560 pages, - 1 -, $ 129 [Chapters include introduction, slope stability; Shafts; Tunnels; Entries in Statified Ground; Pillars in Stratified Ground; Three-dimensional Excavations; Subsidence; Appendix; Background; Literature; Appendix - Mechanical Properties of Intact Rock and Joints; Appendix - Rock Mass Classification Schemes for Engineering; Appendix - Some Useful Formulas]

Pfleider, E. P. / SURFACE MINING, 1^st Edition, New York, 1968, cl, 1061 pages, - 3 -, was $ 45, price reduced to $25

PIT SLOPE MANUAL, Individual Chapters and Supplements written to describe, handle, and analyze the design of pit slopes, the handling of tailings, etc.

Chapter 1 and Supplement 10 - 1 / MINE WASTE DESCRIPTION AND CASE HISTORIES, Includes tailings of specific Canadian Mines, with tailings properties and how they were handled, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 120 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Volume 2 / MINE WASTE INVENTORY by Satellite Imagery (LANDSAT) showing map images of Canadian Mining Locations with a chart of each mine, its status, location, map number, more..., and the types of disposal used at reclamation sites, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 215 pages, - 5 -, $ 85

Chapter 3 -1 / LABORATORY TESTS FOR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, Index properties and uniaxial strength of rock substance, Ottawa, 1977, 31 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Supplement 3 - 2 / LABORATORY TESTS FOR DESIGN PARAMETERS to describe tests to determine strength and elastic properties of rock substance and of discontinuities in rock, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 74 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Supplement 3 - 3 / IN SITU FIELD TESTS for deformation and strength properties of slope materials and for classification and characterization of slope materials, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 17 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Supplement 3 - 4 / SELECTED SOIL TESTS for open pit mining, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 18 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Supplement 3 - 5 / SAMPLING AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION, covers the handling of both rock and soil specimens, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 30 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Chapter 4 / GROUNDWATER influences slope design primarily because groundwater pressure reduces the shear strength of discontinuities, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 240 pages, - 5 -, $ 95

Supplement 4 - 1 / COMPUTER MANUAL FOR SEEPAGE ANALYSIS: FEFPM performs a steady-state seepage analysis to determine fluid pressures, flow quantities, rates and direction of groundwater slopes, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 97 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Supplement 5 - 1 / PLANE SHEAR ANALYSIS, to provide methods of analyzing slope instability arising from sliding on discontinuites, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 307 pages, - 5 -, $ 100

Supplement 5 - 2 / ROTATIONAL SHEAR SLIDING: Analyses and Computer Programs to analyze instability by sliding on an approximately circular surface in slopes of soft or ductile ground, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 92 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Supplement 5 - 3 / FINANCIAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS to minimize both the cost of waste excavation and the costs arising from instability associated with relatively steep slopes, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 184 pages, - 5 -, $ 35

Chapter 6 / MECHANICAL SUPPORT to stabilize pit slopes by increasing rock strength to ensure long term stability, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 111 pages, - 5 -, $ 100

Supplement 6 - 1 / BUTTRESSES AND RETAINING WALLS, used to stabilize slopes up to 200 feet high by restraining to toe, the supported slope must drain freely to avoid groundwater problems, Ottawa, 1977, 79 pages, - 5 - $ 65

Chapter 7 / PERIMETER BLASTING techniques limit the damage to final pit walls and benches by lowering the explosive energy concentration at the pit perimeter; blast damages are backbreak, crest fracture, or loose face rock on the adjacent face wall, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 82 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Chapter 8 / MONITORING systems should have geotechnical sensors, a transmission system, data storage and data processing facilities for measuring rock mass displacement, groundwater parameters, blast vibrations, and loads on artificial support structures, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 188 pages, - 5 -, $ 95

Chapter 9 / WASTE EMBANKMENTS include tailings dams, rock dumps and overburden or soil dumps, Ottawa, 1977, pb, 137 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Chapter 10 / ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, water pollution control, revegetation, noise control, environmental legislation, examples of mining following reclamation, more...., Ottawa, 1977, pb, 93 pages, - 5 -, $ 95

Ramani, R. V., Ed. / LONGWALL-SHORTWALL MINING, STATE OF THE ART, New York, 1981, cl, 296 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Stout, K. S. / MINING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT ILLUSTRATED, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, 1967, pb, 97 pages, 48 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

Weintraub, D. / Work Projects Administration, Mineral Technology and Output Per Man Studies, ROCK DRILLING, 1940, pb, 158 pages, underground photography of the various drilling techniques used in mining, - 3 -, $ 75

Wells, J. H. / PLACER EXAMINATION: Principles and Practice, Albuquerque, 1969, pb, 209 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Wells, J. H. / PLACER EXAMINATION: Principles and Practice, BLM Technical Bulletin 4, Washington, D. C., 1969, cl or pb, 209 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

White, G. F., et.al. / SURFACE MINING OF NON-COAL MINERALS: A Study of Mineral Mining from the Perspective of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C., 1979, pb, 339 pages, - 3 -, $ 28