Intrepid Explorer

Lowell, J. David

Published by University of Arizona Press

Lowell, J. David.
Intrepid Explorer: The Autobiography of the World's Best Mine Finder.
University of Arizona Press, 2014.
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Intrepid Explorer
frontispiece . The author on his first visit to the Los Calatos
prospect in southern Peru , with his chartered Peruvian Army
helicopter in the background, 1992.
Intrepid
Explorer
The Autobiography of the
World’s Best Mine Finder

J. David Lowell

Foreword by Joaquin Ruiz

Introduction by John M. Guilbert

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Front cover photo by Ross Humphreys

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lowell, J. David, 1928–
Intrepid explorer : the autobiography of the world’s best mine finder / J.
David Lowell ; foreword by Joaquin Ruiz ; Introduction by John M. Guilbert.
pages cm
Includes index.
Summary: “Intrepid Explorer is the story of the legendary career of the engi-
neer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman J. David Lowell, whose
life is recounted in his own words”— Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-941451-00-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Lowell, J. David, 1928– 2. Mining engineers—United States—Biography.
3. Mines and mineral resources—History. I. Title.
TN140.L73A3 2014
622.092–dc23 2014014614

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