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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
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- catalog contributor b12799604.
- catalog contributor b12799605.
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-222) and index.".
- catalog description "Machine generated contents note: Geology 101: Nevada Gold and Mountain Building -- 2 The Early Years, 1911-1939 -- 3 Sonoma Range, 1939-I942 -- 4 The Antler Orogeny -- 5 Mineral Deposits of Central America -- 6 Military Geology -- 7 Postwar Washington, D.C., and the Defense Minerals Exploration Program: Salt Lake City USGS, I950-I954 -- 8 Eureka County, 1954-1965 -- 9 The Oquirrhs: Bingham Copper-Gold Project, 1956-1971 -- 10 Life in Saudi Arabia, I97I-1978 -- II Ophir: Mahd adh Dhahab, "Cradle of Gold" -- 12 Dreams Turned to Ashes, I960-2000 -- 13 VEKA -- I4 Consulting, I986-I994 -- 15 Mij -- I6 Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 232 p. :".
- catalog identifier "087417502X (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2002.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "551/.092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Geologists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "QE22.R59 A3 2002".
- catalog subject "Roberts, Ralph Jackson, 1911-".
- catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Geology 101: Nevada Gold and Mountain Building -- 2 The Early Years, 1911-1939 -- 3 Sonoma Range, 1939-I942 -- 4 The Antler Orogeny -- 5 Mineral Deposits of Central America -- 6 Military Geology -- 7 Postwar Washington, D.C., and the Defense Minerals Exploration Program: Salt Lake City USGS, I950-I954 -- 8 Eureka County, 1954-1965 -- 9 The Oquirrhs: Bingham Copper-Gold Project, 1956-1971 -- 10 Life in Saudi Arabia, I97I-1978 -- II Ophir: Mahd adh Dhahab, "Cradle of Gold" -- 12 Dreams Turned to Ashes, I960-2000 -- 13 VEKA -- I4 Consulting, I986-I994 -- 15 Mij -- I6 Epilogue.".
- catalog title "A passion for gold : an autobiography / Ralph J. Roberts with Mary Beth Gentry.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".