Small purple embossed cloth HB,corners and spine ends bumped, cover faded,browned and slightly marked,bind good,gold gilt lettering on spine,J.A.Patterson inscribed on title page,results from Pattersons investigation on behalf of the Argus newspaper on the state and resources of the gold fields and the condition and prospects of the miners,contains chapters on rich quartz reefs of Inglewood,St.

Arnaud,Bendigo,Ballarat,Castlemaine,Maryborough and more,pages

browned and spotted but no rips or stamps,history of Victorian gold fields,collectible rare early book on gold fields