Scarce Early Mining ‘The Goldfields in Australia of Victoria in 1862’ Book - First Edition December 1862. Publisher: Melbourne: Wilson & Mackinnon, G.Robertson, Sands & McDougall, Melbourne. 12mo. pp. vii, 331, 3 Adverts. First Edition in Book Form of the results of Patterson's investigations on behalf of The Argus newspaper into the state and resources of the Victorian gold fields and the social condition and prospects of the miners. Included are chapters on Inglewood, M'Ivor, St. Arnaud, Bendigo, Maldon, Castlemaine, Ballarat Some 60 mines listed. In original binding, size 4½” ´ 7¼”. Scarce early Mining book