In 1545, there was a noted sum of about 1, 500 African slaves seeking auriferous sands in Honduras.
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Small auriferous quartz veins have been found in the granitic rock, but are too small to pay for mining ."
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The Durham Mine worked a rich auriferous reef down to the 122m level between 1879 and 1899 and again from 1907.
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In 1874, following goldfield regulations, a business area was marked out in an area believed to be non-auriferous.
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The valley of Someul Mare has much auriferous alluvium that, until the early 20th century, were brought to the surface using traditional tools.
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He examined and reported on the auriferous ( gold-bearing ) rivers, the turquoise mines, the forests and the fossil beds of France.
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The veins are characterized by quartz, sulphide ( auriferous arsenopyrite ) and native gold ( visible gold flakes have historically been observed in several slate belts ).
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When the gold had been exhausted, they followed the auriferous seams underground by tunnels using fire-setting to break up the much harder gold-bearing rocks.
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In 1872 the Durham area, just west of Georgetown, was developed with more than 44 separate auriferous reefs being worked and crushing machinery set up in Georgetown.
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In past years, exploration efforts have been geared to the testing of narrow quartz veins and the possibility of broader auriferous pods enclosed in altered rock has been neglected.
