Guide to Rocks and Minerals of the Northwest
Introductory full-color photo guide that highlights the best and much-prized rocks and minerals of the northwest. This guide is intended to show some of the much-prized rocks and minerals of the northwest. Some are valued for their beauty when cut and polished. Others are prized for the economic value of the metals they contain, such as copper in c …
Guide for Weekend Prospectors
A guide to identifying the different kinds of rocks and minerals. This book belongs in the backpack of any outdoor enthusiast because identifying rocks and minerals has never been more interesting or easy. Author Sid Wayland examines common minerals and elements, discussing their visible properties and chemical makeups as well as how to identify sp …
The Guide to Gold Panning
Of all the provinces in Canada, British Columbia is the only one where there are still innumerable placer gold creeks which can be worked by prospectors with occasional surprising results. There is something compelling about prospecting for gold.
The lure of panning for the royal metal and the companionship of a gold stream are a unique and memorabl …
Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns in BC
Welcome to gold creek and ghost town country where towns stand in another century, the echoes of history are audible, and the wilderness is still just a glance away. From the sagebrush, desert country of southern valleys of the Okanagan and Similkameen across to the high grandeur of the East Kootenays, the southern interior of BC remains an entranc …
Gold! Gold!
Recent scientific studies confirm that early miners only scratched the surface and that 75 - 85% of the gold remains in "them thar hills". You can find gold! It's history, recovery methods, and identification techniques are revealed in this book. Learn where to look and what basic equipment you will need. engage in an exciting, healthy, and profita …
Songs of the Pacific Northwest
"Far from home, far from home, On Fraser River's shore..." So sang the miners at their sluice boxes at Emory's Bar during the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858. British Columbians have always sung about their work, and their recreation, their politics, their living conditions - the good times and the bad. This unique collection of songs spanning a per …
A New Exploration of the Canadian Arctic
Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. Exploration of the Canadian Arctic documents the International Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. This well-detailed story of the search for economic mineralization in Canada's most isolated regions is at on …
Russell Country
A Compilation of Poetry containing the authors memories of the Cowboy Way in Southeastern Montana - Russell Country. This collection of verse contains the echoes of stories Bette Wolf Duncan heard as a child-accounts of a time when the great buffalo herds still thundered through the valleys; when Cheyenne and Crow still camped around the Yellowston …
Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of NE WA
This work presents a brief look at the six historic mining counties of NE Washington. Included within these counties are some of the most fascinating and historic areas on the old Pacific Slope. Okanogan County - This is the land of Kamiakin and Tonasket' famous Indian chiefs from another century, and those men of the early west like Okanogan Smith …
Yukon Gold
High hopes and Dashed dreams celebrates the centennial of the Klondike Gold rush. One of Canada's great stories is that of the Klondike Gold Rush. When news of gold struck the cash-strapped economically depressed world of the 1890's, Canada was suddenly the place to be. Imagine the desperation that ripped men and women from the comforts of hearth a …
Crazy Cooks & Gold Miners
Author's life and times as an adventurer in the Yukon's wild country. How any two people can pack so many events and careers into one lifetime is a wonder. In fact, Joyce Yardley herself is a wonder. From a prim little girl who didn't want to finish school, she found herself learning to be a wife, a postmistress, a lady rancher, a lodge and restaur …
Curse of Gold
The story of the author's search for a hidden treasure of gold, and the legendary curse that surrounds it. Moments before he was hanged for murder, Slumach placed a curse on his gold mine. An estimated fifty-five people have disappeared trying to find his legendary mine. The lure of the lost mine has drawn Jack Mould to the mountains. He has lived …
Mining in BC
- A Historical Account of BC's Mining Industry.
