Excerpt from A Rigid Earth: Being Devoted to Geology as Applied to Mining, Embracing a Review of Accepted TheoriesIN treating of geology as applied to mining the author has been prompted by the hope of contributing aid in arresting a class of mining exploration which have generally ended in disaster to the miner and which he believes will continue to do so. If ore bodies bear any relation to a melted interior other than as a part of the earth, that fact remains to be proven, notwithstanding the fidelity the miners of the Pacific Slope have shown as disciples of the igneous theory. Let the reader draw a picture of the energy exhausted, the hopes blighted, the millions squandered, in a vain effort to connect the source of rich deposits with the effects of fusion.Reared amid the busy appliances of a mining community, a half century of close observation in the mines of New Jer sey, Wisconsin, and California, has served to convince the author that heat was not an agent in the formation of ore bodies, and only in instances, and in slight degree, an effect The suggestion is therefore presented that the theory of a melted interior has no foundation in scientific truth, that there is no loss of heat - either by the earth, the spheres, or the system, and that the universe itself reposes on a stable structure. (iii)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.