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GOLD RUSH

GOLD, RUBIES, COPPER, and other TREASURES from the EARTH. - *Unrefined native gold found on Rock Creek, South Pass, Wyoming (photo by W.D. Hausel)* *The photos are mine: collected by earthly wisdom and given to me...
8 months ago
Donlin Creek Gold Deposit, Alaska

- *Dr. Paul Graff, 1988, Snow Gulch, Alaska.* I was sadden to hear we lost another member of the Donlin Creek discovery crew! My best friend, Dr. Paul Graff ...
1 year ago
Wyoming Gemstones

The GemHunter State - Since Idaho is known as the Gem State, shouldn't Wyoming be referred to as the Mineral & Rock State, Gemstone State, Rockhound State, GemHunter State, ...
2 years ago
Gold in Arizona - A Guide for Prospectors & Rock Hounds

Finding Gold and Silver in Arizona - *Superstition Mountains, Arizona, site of the infamous Lost Dutchmen gold mine legend.*Geologists separate Arizona into three provinces: (1) Basin and Ra...
2 years ago
Prospecting for Gold

Gold! Finding Your Personal Gold, Silver, Gemstone or Diamond Mine. - *Visible gold in core sample of granodiorite from the* Copper King* mine, Wyoming. Many people like* *to make gold out of pyrite, chalcopyrite, or mica. ...
2 years ago
GOLD & COPPER in ARIZONA

GOLD IN ARIZONA - New book on gold in Arizona - took about 4 years to complete - but tells prospectors where to find some gold deposits worth $millions and even $billions. Ev...
4 years ago
Gold Deposits at South Pass, Wyoming

Rock Creek Gold Placer - A Mine Frozen in Time - *Introduction* *1987 photo of the Rock Creek gold placer, South Pass. Near center of photo, * *some relatively fresh diggings **mark the location of the Ger...
4 years ago
Mountain of Gold

Diamonds, Gold, Fish, and Friends in the Seminoe Mountains of Wyoming - *The Bradly Peak Hilton in the Seminoe Mountains, Wyoming*I met Charlie and Donna Kortes at my front door of the Seminoe Hilton (my tent) on Bradley Peak ...
4 years ago
Gold in Wyoming

Giant and Hidden Gold Deposits, Wyoming - *Ah, Atlantic City, my home away from home. While working at the University of Wyoming for the Wyoming Geological Survey, I mapped the South Pas...
6 years ago
GOLD - A Prospector's Guide

- *GOLD in ARIZONA - A Prospectors Guide* is now available on Amazon. I can't help but be impressed by all of the hundreds and hundreds of *gold deposits*,...
7 years ago
Gemstones, Minerals & Rocks of Wyoming

Gemstones Discovered - *Rough ruby, sapphire, iolite and kyanite gems in schist from Wyoming* As you scroll down through rock and mineral images in various magazines, books and ...
7 years ago
Finding Gemstones

NEW GEMSTONE DISCOVERIES - A 368-page book published in 2014 with color photos, provides insight into the physical characteristics of raw gemstones, listing dozens of GPS coordinate...
9 years ago
Diamonds - Mineralogy & Prospecting

How to Recognize Rough Diamond - Beautiful, flawless diamonds in the rough from the Argyle Mine in Australia. Photo "Copyright © 2014 Rio Tinto.".After my book on Finding Gemstones was pu...
9 years ago
Gold in Montana

Diamonds In Montana's Gold Fields - *Outline of the Wyoming Craton (basement rocks of Archean [>2.5 * *billion years old] age) showing locations of known kimberlites, * *lamproites, lamprophyr...
10 years ago
Gold in California

The Giant King gold mine - *Looking towards the mine portal within the Giant King mine.* In 2012, I visited the Giant King mine near the town of Washington and walked a small port...
10 years ago
How To Operate A Gold Pan

Panning for Gold, Diamonds, Rubies and Sapphires - Did someone pan this nugget from a stream using a gold pan? Nope - I picked this out of the back (roof) of a lead-zinc mine in Utah's Bingham district in t...
11 years ago
Gold in Colorado

Colorado Gold - Look at this photo - it looks like a target made by Mother Nature in the Front Range of Colorado. Is it an impact feature? Just a lake? Or is it a hidden d...
11 years ago
GOLD PROSPECTS

GOLD RUSH WYOMING - Panning for gold. Ever wonder how many diamonds you may have panned out in creeks and didn't realize they were in your gold pan? While watching a new series...
12 years ago
The Douglas Creek Gold District, Wyoming

Gold and Diamonds in the Douglas Creek gold district, Wyoming. - Want to know more about the Douglas Creek placer gold deposit and your gold deposit? Find out more in our books at Amazon. And at least one tributary in t...
12 years ago
CARISSA GOLD MINE, WYOMING

Major Gold Deposit at Carissa Mine, Wyoming - *Report of Investigations 44 on the geology and mineralization of the South Pass greenstone belt,Wyoming (photo by Wayne Sutherland).{Revised 2/9/2022}....
12 years ago
WYOMING - The Gemstone State

WYOMING - The Gemstone State - Idaho known as the *Gem State*, Delaware the *Diamond State*, Arizona the *Copper State*, Montana the *Treasure State* and Nevada the *Silver State*: but ...
12 years ago
Rock Hounding & Prospecting

Rock Hounding and Prospecting - *Rock-hounding **and **prospecting **provide interesting alternatives to mundane vacations, particularly if you research prospects before you hound those ...
14 years ago

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