Tag Archives: prospecting
From My Book: Places to Visit and Collect in The Southwest
Here’s a chapter from my now dead book called “Places to Visit and Collect in the Southwest.” Even if you are not a rockhound or prospector, you might enjoy this niche kind of travelogue. SW_Places_To_Visit_Or_Collect_05_ — … Continue reading
Book Contract Signed — Now, to The Writing
I’ve just signed a contract with ——–CONTRACT CANCELLED——- The working title is “A Beginner’s Guide to Rockhounding and Prospecting in the Southwest.” Just what makes up the Southwestern United States is difficult to say. There are no agreed boundaries for … Continue reading
I Hurled My Youth Into A Grave
Robert W. Service was a little like Kipling (internal link). They were contemporaries, although continents apart. Both adventurers, they lived the life they wrote about. Although Jack London is most associated with the Far North and the Yukon Gold Rush, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized
Tagged gold, Poetry, prospecting, Robert Service, The Far North, The Yukon
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Stop Government Overreach in The Auburn State Recreation Area
Could you please sign this petition? It protests the shutting down of the Auburn State Recreation Area to rockhounding and prospecting. The Auburn RSA is located about forty miles northeast of Sacramento. Over many years, I’ve found gold in quartz, … Continue reading
Posted in Magazine article, Uncategorized
Tagged crevice work, gold flakes, gold mining, Middle fork of the American River, North Fork of the American River, petition, Pioneer Mining Supply, Placer County, prospecting, Rock&Gem Magazine, the Auburn SRA, the Auburn State Recreation Area
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Tools of The Trade? A C.B. Radio For the Truck.
I had a Citizens Band radio installed in my truck yesterday. It gives me another way to communicate in areas where cell service is sketchy or non-existent. CB does not usually connect to the telephone network but you can call other … Continue reading
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Tagged C.B. radio, CB radio, communicating, prospecting, rockhound, Uniden
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Background On My Fifth Rock&Gem Article
My article on Quartzsite, Arizona is in the April issue of Rock&Gem Magazine. (external link) You can find it soon at most Barnes&Noble bookstores or you can order a copy online. You might think I’m some sort of geologist or … Continue reading
