A Passion for Gold: An Autobiography
Ralph J. Roberts's is not a household name in Nevada, but it should be - it was he who discovered the Carlin Belt gold deposits that created a major mining boom in the state in the last four decades of the twentieth century. But this discovery was only one episode of his remarkably eventful life. A Passion for Gold is Roberts's account of that life, a story as colorful and adventurous as that of any fictional hero.
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Ralph J. Roberts's is not a household name in Nevada, but it should be - it was he who discovered the Carlin Belt gold deposits that created a major mining boom in the state in the last four decades of the twentieth century. But this discovery was only one episode of his remarkably eventful life. A Passion for Gold is Roberts's account of that life, a story as colorful and adventurous as that of any fictional hero.
List of IllustrationsPreface1Geology 101: Nevada Gold and Mountain Building12The Early Years, 1911-1939123Sonoma Range, 1939-1942284The Antler Orogeny405Mineral Deposits of Central America556Military Geology687Postwar Washington, D.C., and the Defense Minerals Exploration Program: Salt Lake City USGS, 1950-1954738Eureka County, 1954-1965809The Oquirrhs: Bingham Copper-Gold Project, 1956-197110610Life in Saudi Arabia, 1971-197811811Ophir: Mahd adh Dhahab, "Cradle of Gold"13212Dreams Turned to Ashes, 1960-200015513Veka16514Consulting, 1986-199417315Mij18616Epilogue194AppBackground on the Men of the USGS199Glossary210References214Index223
