"... the greatest value is added by the geologist who starts with nothing other than some ideas and goes out into the desert and finds an orebody" 1 |
In which John explores further all those tangents that divert him in his lectures ...
[1] Remark by JK Ellis, Chairman of BHP Australia, 1998, cited in chapter 5 of Pohl's book
[2] ... must put a footnote in here on Agricola's "De Re Metallica"
[3] ... also "Barren Lands", the story of Chuck Fipke and the Lac de Gras diamond discovery
