Description

• Rare first printing [H F Leader, Adelaide, 1888] aimed at educating the public to increase the efficient processing of valuable minerals in South Australia
• An excellent copy; brown boards; black inlaid borders & titling; slightly rubbed; v. minor blemishes to rear; offsetting to title page, else fine
• George A Goyder was the eldest son of George W Goyder, pioneering Surveyor who established the Goyder Line separating mid-north agricultural land from arid land more suitable for grazing stock
• Written early in his career in his role with the Government Assay Office, G A Goyder was highly regarded* for his research into & development of efficient processes for extracting valuable minerals using cyanide

[*More information about Goyder can be found in Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia by Jan Todd]