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| gem mining colorado: Gem Trails of Colorado James R. Mitchell, 2007 This updated and expanded second edition features over 90 locations, including 27 new sites, where collectors can explore the mineral, gem and fossil treasures of Colorado. Includes clear maps and directions, detailed descriptive text, site photos, full-color specimen photo insert, lists of rock and mineral clubs, mineral museums and mine tours, a mineral locator index and glossary. |
| gem mining colorado: Colorado Gem Trails Richard M. Pearl, 1992 This famous book takes you on an extensive gem and mineral collecting tour of Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature has stored her treasures. Detailed directions are given for reaching the noted as well as the little-known localities in all sections of this great mineral-producing state. Included are numerous mileage logs never before published, and many sketch maps made especially for this book. A unique system arranges the localities along segments of the main highways. Latest information is given on local travel and collecting conditions and land ownership, so much desired by collectors who want to make the best use of their time. Gem and mineral societies that welcome visitors -- museums that display outstanding collections -- are all described. Official maps and references to the literature are listed. |
| gem mining colorado: Colorado Rockhounding Stephen M. Voynick, 1994 Your complete guide to the state's rich and varied mineral, gemstone, and fossil sources. In Colorado, rockhounds may pick agate and petrified wood from the vast Great Plains, follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt g |
| gem mining colorado: Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition Kevin Singel, 2018-05-26 Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado. |
| gem mining colorado: The Gem Mines Gem Mining Company, 1917 |
| gem mining colorado: Rocks, Gems, and Minerals Garret Romaine, 2015-09-01 Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout North America. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This is the essential source when you're out in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse. |
| gem mining colorado: Climax Stephen M. Voynick, 1996 High atop the Continental Divide, the Climax Mine opened during World War I to meet military needs for molybdenum, a metallic element that enhances the toughness and durability of steel. Climax became the most successful American company of the Great Depr |
| gem mining colorado: Anthropology of Precious Minerals Elizabeth Ferry, Annabel Vallard, Andrew Walsh, 2020 Based on a Wenner-Gren international workshop, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, this book addresses the complexity of human-mineral engagements through ethnographic case studies and anthropological reflections on different people and the minerals they deem 'precious.' |
| gem mining colorado: Rockhounding Colorado William A. Kappele, 2017-04-01 Rockhounding Colorado takes you to 100 of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Search for amethyst and quartz at the Crystal Hill Mine, check out the view at Douglas Pass while looking for leaf imprints and insect fossils, or head to Saint Peters Dome to uncover green, white, and purple fluorite. |
| gem mining colorado: Diamonds to Gold Tommy B. Thompson, 1996 |
| gem mining colorado: A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho Clark C. Spence, A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho tells the story of a revolution in placer mining—and its subsequent impact on the state of Idaho—from its inception in the early 1880s until its demise in the early 1960s. Idaho was the nation’s fourth-leading producer of dredged gold after 1910 and therefore provides an excellent lens through which to observe the practice and history of gold dredging. Author Clark Spence focuses on the two most important types of dredges in the state—the bucket-line dredge and the dragline dredge—and describes their financing, operation, problems, and effect on the state and environment. These dredges made it possible to work ground previously deemed untouchable because bedrock where gold collected could now be reached. But they were also highly destructive to the environment. As these huge machines floated along, they dumped debris that harmed the streams and destroyed wildlife habitat, eventually prompting state regulations and federal restoration of some of the state’s crippled waterways. Providing a record of Idaho’s dredging history for the first time, this book is a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Western mining, its technology, and its overall development as a major industry of the twentieth century. |
| gem mining colorado: GEMS OF HIDDENITE, NORTH CAROLINA MARK IVAN. JACOBSON, 2021 |
| gem mining colorado: Gold Panning Colorado Garret Romaine, 2018-05-01 Gold Panning Colorado is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in Colorado. Containing accurate, up-to-date prospecting information for all known panning areas in Colorado. The write-ups for each locale include driving directions, GPS coordinates, historical information, land ownership restrictions, full-color photos, and geological background. Features include: Full-color images GPS coordinates Geology basics Tools of the trade for every level of collector Rules and regulations Polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures |
| gem mining colorado: Gem & Crystal Treasures Peter Bancroft, 1984-01-01 100 field trips to many of the world's exotic gem and crystal mines. |
| gem mining colorado: A Guide to Finding Gemstones, Gold, Minerals & Rocks W. Dan Hausel, 2014-09-25 Follow in the footsteps of successful gem and gold hunters and search the hills for rough diamonds, colored gemstones, lapidary minerals, precious metals and interesting minerals and rocks. Written for the geoscientist, prospector and rockhound; the first part of the book focuses on physical characteristics of gems and minerals. This is supplemented with the second part of the book that describes dozens upon dozens of colored gem, diamond, gold, mineral and rock localities using the Public Land Survey System and GPS coordinates so the reader can visit these sites on a home computer with aerial and satellite imagery to gain an understanding of what to look for in the field. With these same coordinates, the reader can visit some occurrences, deposits and areas suggested for prospecting to further their gem hunter prospecting education and potentially lead to new discoveries. Now you can learn what to look for when searching for Mother Nature's treasure. |
| gem mining colorado: Gem Stones of the United States Dorothy McKenney Schlegel, 1957 |
| gem mining colorado: Thomas F. Walsh John Stewart, 2012-06 Thomas F. Walsh tells the story of one of the West's wealthiest mining magnates - an Irish American prospector and lifelong philanthropist who struck it rich in Ouray County, Colorado. In the first complete biography of Thomas Walsh, John Stewart recounts the tycoon's life from his birth in 1850 and his beginnings as a millwright and carpenter in Ireland to his tenacious, often fruitless mining work in the Black Hills and Colorado, which finally led to his discovery of an extremely rich vein of gold ore in the Imogene Basin. Walsh's Camp Bird Mine yielded more than $20 million worth of gold and other minerals in twenty years, and the mine's 1902 sale to British investors made Walsh very wealthy. He achieved national prominence, living with his family in mansions in Colorado and Washington, D.C., and maintaining a rapport with Presidents McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft, as well as King Leopold II of Belgium. Despite his fame and lavish lifestyle, Walsh is remembered as an unassuming and philanthropic man who treated his employees well. In addition to making many anonymous donations, he established the Walsh Library in Ouray and a library near his Irish birthplace, and helped establish a research fund for the study of radium and other rare western minerals at the Colorado School of Mines. Walsh gave his employees at the Camp Bird Mine top pay and lodged them in an alpine boardinghouse featuring porcelain basins, electric lighting, and excellent food. Stewart's engaging account explores the exceptional path of this Colorado mogul in detail, bringing Walsh and his time to life. |
| gem mining colorado: A Summary of Mineral Industry Activity in Colorado , 1919 |
| gem mining colorado: Gem Trails of Nevada James R. Mitchell, 1991 Provides detailed travel instructions for each site, including maps and photos. |
| gem mining colorado: Gem Trails of Washington Garret Romaine, 2014 Completely updated and revised, this comprehensive collecting guide covers all four corners of the Evergreen State, from the misty shores of the Olympic peninsula to the dust-dry ghost towns and abandoned mines near Metaline Falls. You'll explore Washington's diverse geology in detail, ranging from fossil-rich Cambrian locales to seams of agate and jasper amid recent basalt flows. Site locations range in difficulty from family-friendly walks along streams and rivers to hard-rock mining with heavy tools. Each site description features detailed directions, individual maps, multiple GPS coordinates, color photographs, nearest camping spots, and the best time of the year to collect. You'll also find additional information about nearby attractions, and whether you'll need four-wheel drive to make the final push. |
| gem mining colorado: Biennial Report of the Bureau of Mines of the State of Colorado for the Years ... , 1913 |
| gem mining colorado: The Mining World , 1911 |
| gem mining colorado: Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting Garret Romaine, 2019-05-01 A Beginner’s Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It’s the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions to help readers learn, this book will cover the basics of geology, describing the three main rock groups, with extensive pictures to show what to look for and how to figure out what is out there. Look inside for: Geology basics Rules and regulations Polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures Popular collectibles, including rocks, gems, fossils, meteorites, and gold Tools of the trade for every level of collector |
| gem mining colorado: Report Colorado. Bureau of Mines, 1923 |
| gem mining colorado: Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado John Wagstaff Adams, Geological Survey (U.S.), 1951 |
| gem mining colorado: The World's Work , 1919 |
| gem mining colorado: Mines Register Horace Jared Stevens, Walter Harvey Weed, Walter Garfield Neale, Lenox Hawes Rand, Edward Barney Sturgis, Joseph Zimmerman, 1922 |
| gem mining colorado: Mines Register Walter Harvey Weed, Horace Jared Stevens, Walter Garfield Neale, Edward Barney Sturgis, Joseph Zimmerman, Lenox Hawes Rand, 1922 |
| gem mining colorado: Mining and Scientific Press , 1912 |
| gem mining colorado: World Mines Register , 1908 |
| gem mining colorado: Mines Register , 1909 |
| gem mining colorado: The Copper Handbook , 1910 |
| gem mining colorado: Diamonds and Mantle Source Rocks in the Wyoming Craton with a Discussion of Other U.S. Occurrences W. Dan Hausel, 1998 |
| gem mining colorado: Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities , 1909 |
| gem mining colorado: Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly ... of the Legislature Nevada. Legislature, 1917 |
| gem mining colorado: Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly Nevada (Terr.). Legislative Assembly, 1917 |
| gem mining colorado: Financial World , 1922 |
| gem mining colorado: Report of the State Mineralogist California State Mining Bureau, 1917 |
| gem mining colorado: The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890-1910 Philip Chambless, Mike Ryan, 2017-03-22 The Great American Turquoise Rush was the period of the largest concerted effort to mine, process and market turquoise in the history of the United States. It started when traditional markets for the clear sky blue Persian turquoise closed and the east coast jewelers, who controlled the jewelry trade in the United States, were forced from necessity to reappraise the quality of turquoise from the southwest. The efforts to control this new market were begun in New Mexico but would expand into other states. This is the true story of that time, largely forgotten or remembered only from oral tradition. |
| gem mining colorado: Engineering and Mining Journal , 1881 |
Gem Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado
With the recent redevelopment of the Sweet Home mine near Alma, Colorado, large (one over 14 cm, but averag-ing 2.5 cm), fine specimens of transparent-to-translucent rhodochrosite …
Mafic-Ultramafic Igneous Rocks And Associated …
Gem Park has been the site of limited mining sin°.e the 1880's. The Gem mine, which consists of a group of shallow workings at the north edge of Gem Park, pro duced an unknown but small …
Artifact Pictures and Descriptions - History of Colorado
twelve to thirty-six tiny gem tintypes could be cut from the same plate. The tintype was patented on February 19, 1856 by Hamilton L. Smith, who graduated from Yale in 1839. He later …
THE VILLAGES GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY COLORADO
The main floor exhibits feature specimens from many Colorado mining districts, other global localities and an introductory video on area geology. The Special Exhibit Room hosts …
In This Issue … Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show
June 10-12: Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show, Norris Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs. Friday, June 10, Noon - 7:00 PM, Saturday, June 11, 10:00 - 5:00, Sunday, 10:00 - …
Table of Contents - Colorado School of Mines
Mar 1, 2022 · Fine gem-quality, single -crystal rhombohedral or scalenohedral forms of rhodochrosite are relatively rare world-wide. Mining in Colorado ore deposits changed this. …
Ouray-Silverton San Juan Mountains Mineral Symposium
scenery, fascinating geology, exciting mining history and beautiful minerals of the San Juans (including eight species previously unknown to science). Enjoy! Richard Parsons, President …
MS-10 Metal Mining Activity Map of Colorado (Excluding …
COLORADO GEOLOGICAL MAP SERIES 10 PRICE $3.00 SURVEY Metal Map Maybe" 2 D STANDARD PA NORTH r Hot Spnngs Mining Activity of Colorado colo DINOSAUR saur . …
Gilman, Colorado: From Metal Mining Frontier to Colorado’s …
Colorado, an abandoned, modern zinc-mining town that begs for an explanation. Gilman’s early history fits within the broad pattern of Colorado’s late-nineteenth-century mining industry, but it …
Comparative Mineral Mapping in the Colorado Mineral Belt …
Digital mineral and vegetation mapping results are presented in GeoPDF and ERDAS IMAGINE format (.img) (Intergraph, 2012). Georeferencing information is included in both file types.
Mining Directory with edits 1-2-07 Adobe - historycolorado.org
Colorado’s mining industry was in the transition to the hardrock era. The rest was the abandonment of many of the original placers that had produced and sustained the Rush along …
Gunnison, CO 81230 mining claim - Bureau of Land …
BLM records for mining claims are available on LR2000, an online database that tracks BLM records, or by viewing the case files at the BLM Colorado State Office. You may contact the …
The Original Denver Gem and Mineral Show – August 2023 …
Aug 3, 2023 · The 2023 Denver Gem & Mineral Show (DGMS) in conjunction with the Hardrock Summit will be held at the Colorado Convention Center from September 15-18, 2023. The …
Colorado’s mining legacy, water quality,
Mar 31, 2025 · The Science of Treating Acid Mine Drainage and Smelter Effluents. Willow Creek watershed group partners and stakeholders during work from 2009-2018.
MS-25 Colorado Metal Mining Activity Map with Directory
HENDRICKS MINING CO. HENDRICKS MINING CO. HENDRICKS MINING CO. ALPHA MINERALS Alphabetically by County ADDRESS 1323 Lincoln St. 1323 Lincoln St. and …
1 of 65 - Bureau of Land Management
g laws. Anyone intending to develop mineral resources on the public lands must prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the land and reclaim disturbe. areas. This subpart …
Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering Department …
Oct 18, 2013 · The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Experimental Mine, also known as the Edgar Mine, was one of the very rich gold and silver mines in the Idaho Springs mining district. The …
The Mines Museum of Earth Science - Colorado School of …
e Mineral Collection of Colorado. Rich in ore minerals from Colorado mines, it also contains fine specimens of topaz, aquamarine, othe. semiprecious gems, and zeolites. This important …
These pastel hues, or - Potentate Mining
Potentate Mining Acquires Gem Mountain In 2011, Potentate Mining LLC, the senior author’s private mining concern, purchased the Eureka Gulch property on the north side of Gem …
1 of 91 - Bureau of Land Management
Does an active mining claim guarantee me rights to extract minerals without a bond? Answer: No. Prior to conducting surface-disturbing activities, contact the appropriate Federal Surface …
Gem Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado
With the recent redevelopment of the Sweet Home mine near Alma, Colorado, large (one over 14 cm, but averag-ing 2.5 cm), fine specimens of transparent-to-translucent rhodochrosite …
Mafic-Ultramafic Igneous Rocks And Associated …
Gem Park has been the site of limited mining sin°.e the 1880's. The Gem mine, which consists of a group of shallow workings at the north edge of Gem Park, pro duced an unknown but small …
Artifact Pictures and Descriptions - History of Colorado
twelve to thirty-six tiny gem tintypes could be cut from the same plate. The tintype was patented on February 19, 1856 by Hamilton L. Smith, who graduated from Yale in 1839. He later became …
THE VILLAGES GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY COLORADO
The main floor exhibits feature specimens from many Colorado mining districts, other global localities and an introductory video on area geology. The Special Exhibit Room hosts …
In This Issue … Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show
June 10-12: Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show, Norris Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs. Friday, June 10, Noon - 7:00 PM, Saturday, June 11, 10:00 - 5:00, Sunday, 10:00 - …
Table of Contents - Colorado School of Mines
Mar 1, 2022 · Fine gem-quality, single -crystal rhombohedral or scalenohedral forms of rhodochrosite are relatively rare world-wide. Mining in Colorado ore deposits changed this. …
Ouray-Silverton San Juan Mountains Mineral Symposium
scenery, fascinating geology, exciting mining history and beautiful minerals of the San Juans (including eight species previously unknown to science). Enjoy! Richard Parsons, President …
MS-10 Metal Mining Activity Map of Colorado (Excluding …
COLORADO GEOLOGICAL MAP SERIES 10 PRICE $3.00 SURVEY Metal Map Maybe" 2 D STANDARD PA NORTH r Hot Spnngs Mining Activity of Colorado colo DINOSAUR saur . …
Gilman, Colorado: From Metal Mining Frontier to Colorado’s …
Colorado, an abandoned, modern zinc-mining town that begs for an explanation. Gilman’s early history fits within the broad pattern of Colorado’s late-nineteenth-century mining industry, but it …
Comparative Mineral Mapping in the Colorado Mineral Belt …
Digital mineral and vegetation mapping results are presented in GeoPDF and ERDAS IMAGINE format (.img) (Intergraph, 2012). Georeferencing information is included in both file types.
Mining Directory with edits 1-2-07 Adobe - historycolorado.org
Colorado’s mining industry was in the transition to the hardrock era. The rest was the abandonment of many of the original placers that had produced and sustained the Rush along …
Gunnison, CO 81230 mining claim - Bureau of Land …
BLM records for mining claims are available on LR2000, an online database that tracks BLM records, or by viewing the case files at the BLM Colorado State Office. You may contact the …
The Original Denver Gem and Mineral Show – August 2023 …
Aug 3, 2023 · The 2023 Denver Gem & Mineral Show (DGMS) in conjunction with the Hardrock Summit will be held at the Colorado Convention Center from September 15-18, 2023. The …
Colorado’s mining legacy, water quality,
Mar 31, 2025 · The Science of Treating Acid Mine Drainage and Smelter Effluents. Willow Creek watershed group partners and stakeholders during work from 2009-2018.
MS-25 Colorado Metal Mining Activity Map with Directory
HENDRICKS MINING CO. HENDRICKS MINING CO. HENDRICKS MINING CO. ALPHA MINERALS Alphabetically by County ADDRESS 1323 Lincoln St. 1323 Lincoln St. and …
1 of 65 - Bureau of Land Management
g laws. Anyone intending to develop mineral resources on the public lands must prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the land and reclaim disturbe. areas. This subpart …
Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering Department …
Oct 18, 2013 · The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Experimental Mine, also known as the Edgar Mine, was one of the very rich gold and silver mines in the Idaho Springs mining district. The …
The Mines Museum of Earth Science - Colorado School of …
e Mineral Collection of Colorado. Rich in ore minerals from Colorado mines, it also contains fine specimens of topaz, aquamarine, othe. semiprecious gems, and zeolites. This important …
These pastel hues, or - Potentate Mining
Potentate Mining Acquires Gem Mountain In 2011, Potentate Mining LLC, the senior author’s private mining concern, purchased the Eureka Gulch property on the north side of Gem …
1 of 91 - Bureau of Land Management
Does an active mining claim guarantee me rights to extract minerals without a bond? Answer: No. Prior to conducting surface-disturbing activities, contact the appropriate Federal Surface …
