 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of a mine that is worked intermittantly. It could be that someone is working out the vugs in an old mine...Murfreesboro (Pike Co.), Arkansas. Here, in the diamond mine, I found a beautiful blue barite crystal about 1"...at Mille Lacs Lake (North Minnesota) in Aitkin County, about 2y2 miles west of Opstead at Liberty Beach...pieces have been found around Knife Lake in Kanabec County, Minn. " W e are keeping the nugget for our collection...comes from a gravel pit in the hills of Panola County, Miss., between Sardis and Batesville. This is |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Comstock times and one that every lover of the old West should have on his bookshelf. It has numerous...numerous pictures — all good halftones — of the old railroad which is in the process of being abandoned. These...that remains of what was once a flourishing little mining town which still appears on many Arizona maps as...called the Silverbell road. Silverbell was a copper mining camp. The hills around it were honeycombed with...and our tin cans. We too could paint up a bit our old cabins and shacks, but we are proud of many of these |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. This is in the cinnabar district of Howard, Pike, and Clark Counties, Ark. This...Calif.) once glistened at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. I have a couple of these specimens—excellent groups...Modesto, Calif. Both specimens come from an old Gold mine at Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif. The following...coral. Other géodes, found in the steam cavities of old lavas, are found in other localities, especially...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked |  | | Journal (issue) | | section, climb of Coso and Maturango peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message...ART LOST MINE TRUE O R FALSE BOTANY POETRY EXPLORATION HUMOR NATURE HISTORY GEM STONES MINING LETTERS...the cool high North Rim. Kanab is the county seat of Kane county, and its history is inextricably entwined...the Vermilion cliffs. Jacob wouldn't recognize the old town today. The movies have discovered the technicolor |  | | Journal (issue) | | Superstition Mts. lost gold trek, to hunt the Lost Dutchman Mine. From Phoenix, Ariz. Mar. 14-15—Natural Science...14-15—Second Annual Desert Rockhounds Fair, Riverside County Fair Grounds. Indio, Calif. Mar. 15—Desert Sun...c e m e n t for p h o t o g r a p h e r s 14 MINING Current n e w s of desert mines 19 EXPERIENCE...on the Desert, b y EDITH O. NEWBY . . . 20 LOST MINE Gold Behind a Waterfall DESERT QUIZ WATER WILDFLOWERS...desert symphony. TIME By TANYA SOUTH How many ages old these hills That rose but "yesterday"! Mind fills |  | | Journal (issue) | | made ai the park in the spring of this year with an old Eastman Kodak (1920) set at f. 11, 1/100 second....LOWMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Pictures of the Month 2 HISTORY Old Fort Bowie By JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCH 4 FESTIVAL Fiesta...GHOST TOWN Mesa Verde and other poems Boom Days in Old La Paz, by AUDREY MAC HUNTER and RANDALL HENDERSON...DESERT QUIZ Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 31 MINING A test of your desert knowledge 33 LAPIDARY Current...Palm I>eserc, California HISTORIC PANORAMAS XIX Old Fort Bowie By JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCH In 1862 this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens?) The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, makes it hard to select an item...the Keystone Newsletter, the "memoirs" of an old timer, Ken Fisher, a lively and factual account of mineral...mineral collecting since Ken was 12 years old. .._..... PESA Rock News, of the Pennsylvania Earth Sciences... We are proud of your bulletins . The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, enjoyed a "geology...in the Baker River. Prior the Club went to Newry Mine . Mr. Roger Marble of Holden, Mass., spoke to the |  | | Journal (issue) | | HELLYER 5 There's Placer Gold in the Desert Bajadas MINING By ADDISON N. CLARK 8 I Got My Five-Acre Title...Flowers that Never Fade By MARY BEAL , . . . . 27 MINING Current news of desert mines 28 SURVEY Who reads...species of desert yuccas. I have seen many a fine old plant of the wide-spread Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera)...of the beach of an old sea. The rocks that they had not been pulverized some old cyclopean furnace."...pro Congress from California, Arizona, and con. Nevada and Utah will take up this subSome of the plan's |  | | Journal (issue) | | larger network of back country roads leading to old mining camps, stamp mills and other little-known areas...treasure trove. Subjects include Antiquities Act, Mining Claims, Gold Regulations, Trespass and Salvage...pages, $2.95. A GUIDEBOOK TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA by Russ Leadabrand. Illustrated with good photographs...weeks for change of address and send both new and old addresses with zip codes Desert Magazine is published...that rules over San Miguel Island; the discovery of old Roman artifacts buried near Tucson, Arizona; the |  | | Book | | Pacific Gold-Copper Mine, Stedman District. The Photo of underground workings in the mine, in San Bernardino...Bernardino County, was taken in the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of California Department of Mine and Geology...Rosamond-Mohave Area This district is the closest to Los Angeles. Shown as the Mohave-Rosamond district by the State...Lancaster and Mohave. The hills are studded with old mine shafts and tunnels. Abandoned shacks and head-frames...if you’re trespassing on one of them. The first mining here was for fire clay and began in the 1870s. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sheldon Winnemucca, Nevada Dear Mr. Henderson: In Edith McLeod's article about the Nevada opal field in July...personally would be glad to do so. 9—Don't destroy the old ranch buildings for fuel, or for other reasons. The...or explorers know the name of this little mining town in Old Mexico, its location, or something of its...from London, England, owned and operated a silver mine there until he died in 1869 at the age of 85. He...decease, the Catholic church operated the mine. This mine was one of the richest mines in Mexico, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | the early development of the Imperial Irrigation district. A span of 175 years is covered by the historical...near La Quinta, California. March 1-9 — Maricopa County Fair and Horse Show. Civic Center. Mesa, Arizona...California. March 2 - - Round-up Club tour of Vullur.: Mine, Wickenburg. Ari- Volume 15 MARCH, 1352 Numbsr...California. March 9 — Dons Club trek to Lost Dutchman Mine in Superstition Mountains, from Phoenix. Arizona...Mineral Society Gem and Mineral Show. Rivers de County Fairgrounds, Indio, California. March 2 3—Dons |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black botryoidal hematite from a working strip iron mine at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. ALASKA—Some of...Brooklyn mine and adjacent prospects in the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo.,...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...visited the dumps of the Eagle-Picher Mine and the TriState Mine. We found galena, pyrite, marcasite,...Elizabethtown, Bartholomew Co., Ind. IOWA—From a coal strip mine near Melrose (Monroe Co.), Iowa, we have a specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | 29-30 — Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Aug. 29-Sept. 1—Elko County Fair. Elko, Nevada. Aug. 29-Sept...30-Sept. 1—Fallon '49 Show, Fallon, Nevada. Aug. 30-Sept. 1—Old Time Mining Celebration, Randsburg, California...California. Aug. 30-Sept. 1 — Annual Nevada Rodeo, Winnemucca, Nevada. Aug. 31-Sept. 1—Annual Labor Day Rodeo...Indian Pueblo, New Mexico. Sept. 4-6 — Sanpete County Fair, Manti, Utah. Sept. 4-7—Antelope Valley Fair...Sept. 12-14 — Coif ax County Fair, Springer, New Mexico. Sept. 12-14—Valencia County Fair, Belen, New Mexico |  | | Journal (issue) | | the eye. Death Valley through the ruins of the old Harmony Borax Works. Photo by Alice Puster. TWILIGHT...sober, pure and pale. Majestic hills, long centuries old, white monuments of sand Watch nights — with convict...And the fragrance of verbena fills the air, I lift mine eyes to star-jewelled heavens; And from my humble...Cedar City, Utah. July 3-5 — La Mesilla Fiesta, Old Town section of Las Vegas, New Mexico. July 3-6—Hopi... July 4-6—Reno Rodeo and Livestock Show, Reno, Nevada. NATURE The Story cf Flowers, by JERRY LAUDERMILK |  | | Catalog/List | | work for us, but we enjoy what we do, and being old time collectors ourselves, we just can’t bring ourselves...popular and priced at $7.95 each! ARAGONITE - NEVADA: Pioche, Nevada: Excellent botryoidal, stalactitic and...00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue...$2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan. 1—Lost Pegleg Mine Trek. First conducted search for the Pegleg Smith mine, planned as annual affair...Ildefonso and Taos pueblos, New Mexico. Celebration of "Old Christmas" and many dances. Eagle dance at San Ildefonso...leader. Jan. 17-18—Reno Winter Jamboree, Reno, Nevada. Jan. 19-Feb. 1—Exhibit of Southwestern photographs...dance, San Ildefonso pueblo, New Mexico. Jan. 24-25—Nevada state ski jumping championship and giant slalom...slalom, Carson City Ski club, White Hills, Nevada. Jan. 25—Intermountain cross-country, sanctioned by Intermountain |  | | Journal (issue) | | Flagstaff. July 3, 4—Annual Damboree, Boulder City, Nevada. July 3-5—Fiesta and Santa Fe Railroad Pageant...feet), and Boundary Peak, Nevada (13,145 feet). Rendezvous at Dyer, Nevada. FIELD TRIP POETRY IV—Clark...y C A R I T A . . .2 5 July 3-5—Rodeo, Reno, Nevada. LETTERS Comment from Desert readers 27 July...National Monument, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. MINING Current news of desert mines 28 NEWS From Here...rattlesnake. True False 3—Casa Grande is the name of an old Indian pueblo ruin in Arizona. True False 4—Director |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sir: I enjoyed the story of the Lost Dutch Oven mine by Mr. Rexford Bellamy in the October issue of the...information as to the location of this lost mine. I am convinced that the mine now being worked by Clifford Gillespie...Dutch Oven Mine," said to have been found years ago by Tom Scofield. The fact that the mine is located...located in the Old Woman mountains instead of the Clipper range only goes to show that in searching for these...mines the seekers should take in more territory. Old-timers did not always know the exact locations of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fossils, Indian Relics, Books, Coin•. Curios, Stamps. Old Glass. Catalogue 5c. Indian Museum, Osborne. Kansas...City, Colo. History and FOSSILS Foulls, Minerals, Old Arm., Indian Beaded Trappings. prehistoric specimens...Cnllectors or Laoidaries: Gond assortment. 55.00. 510.00. Opal Bead Necklacps: Beautifully graded and polished...tantalite, etc. Write for list. Norman Seward, "Opal House," Melbourne, Australia. I Colemanite, 2...calcite mixed with .phalerlto and galena. I have been mining specimens for ten years and this is the only calcite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Swimming Meet, Phoenix, Arizona. CONTEST LOST MINE August 20-29—American Numismatic Association Convention...Golden Sands POETRY WEATHER August 17-19—Quay County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. ...19 We Climbed Avawatz By LOUISE TOP WERNER 20 MINING From here and there on the desert 25 LAPIDARY...Magazine, Palm Desert, California General view of old Fort Bowie as it looks today. The author believes...ago by the Willcox Chamber of Commerce. The few old-timers to whom I've talked confirm this name. Because |  | | Journal (issue) | | Festival, El Centro, California. January 12-13—Yuma County Chamber of Commerce's Bandollero Tour to San Felipe...the desert . . . . . . . FIELD TRIP W e Took the Old Trail to C h u c k a w a l l a Spring By RANDALL...a n d Bust at Leadfield By RUSS LEADABRAND LOST MINE Lost A p a c h e Gold in the Little Horn Mountains...r s NEWS From h e r e a n d there on the desert MINING Current n e w s of desert mines URANIUM Latest...that re-opened the old short-cut trail into Chuckawalla Spring. We Took the Old Trail to Chuckawalla |  | | Journal (issue) | | as an outgrowth of my interest in minerals and mining. An incidental purchase here, a little dabbling..."That interests me, it is related to minerals or mining, and I want it for my collection." I was happy...peripherally-related goodies, to my growing· accumulation of mining memorabilia. (Continues on page 2) A. E. Seaman... No. 5 (2007), when the Museum was still in its old quarters at the EERC building at Michigan Tech. In...hunt was on: who was J. J. Bamberger? What sort of mining operations was he affiliated with? Was he a stock-swindling |  | | Journal (issue) | | MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR October 31 — Nevada Day, Carson City. Nevada. October 31-November 2—Helldorado,...6-8—First Annual Mineral Conference (International Mining Days), Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 7-16—Arizona...to Coxcomb Mountains, California. November 29-30—Old Tucson Daze, Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, Arizona...Arizona POETRY CALENDAR GHOST TOWN FICTION ART LOST MINE CONTEST Deserted Pueblo, and other poems 2 November...JOHNSON . . 19 DESERT QUIZ LETTERS PHOTOGRAPHY MINING PROGRESS CLOSE-UPS NEWS HOBBY FIELD TRIP 12 A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | donated 3 interesting minerals from the Castle Dome District of Yuma Co., Ariz. The specimens are fluorite...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...were very much shaped inside like the inside of an old fashioned iron cooking pot. In other words, a rounding...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...pinkish rhodonite have been found in the Sunnyside mine at Silverton (San Juan Co.), Colo. CONNECTICUT—Richard |
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