 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GOLD MINERALIZATION at Olinghouse, Nevada In recent years, many fine thumbnail and micro specimens of...W H I T E HORSE) MINING D I S T R I C T is located in the Pah Rah Mountains in Washoe County, 20 miles...miles northeast of Reno, Nevada. Most produc tion in the district came from lode mines—up to 400 feet deep—and...Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 in Township 21 North, Range 23 East. Tertiary volcanic rocks host high-grade...in a hydrothermal alteration zone consisting of calcite, chlo rite, epidote, serpentine, quartz, pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | cowpuncher and later ran his own herds on the Colorado range. Encouraged by his wife, he began writing his experiences...ranches and in mines, drove cattle on Al Scorup's range for a time, and eventually went to Denver where...November number of Desert Magazine will be MRS. WHITE MOUNTAIN SMITH'S biographical sketch of Lorenzo...Products Corp. Los Angeles, Calif. DESERT OCT. 1-30 Nevada deer hunting season. 2-4 3-7 Southwestern Library...behind Parker dam. J. A. Polzer, chairman. 13-27 Nevada open season on pheasant, valley and mountain quail |  | | Journal (issue) | | pure and pale. Majestic hills, long centuries old, white monuments of sand Watch nights — with convict s'ealth...date and grapefruit trees, Two cows in pasture, green alfalfa rows, Farm tools, and hives of desert honeybees;...And the fragrance of verbena fills the air, I lift mine eyes to star-jewelled heavens; And from my humble...Volume 15 July 4—Fourth of July celebration at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. July 4-5 —... July 4-6—Reno Rodeo and Livestock Show, Reno, Nevada. NATURE The Story cf Flowers, by JERRY LAUDERMILK |  | | Journal (issue) | | Music festival, Elko, Nevada. 1-2 First annual Mojave Desert re3 union, Perris Hill park, San Bernardino...Lowe, 379 19th St. Fishing season opens in White Pine Co., Nevada. Comins lake and Cave creek remain closed...15 21-22 23-24 26 28-31 30 30-31 MAY, Five-county school track meet, Huntington, Utah. Sierra club...Las Vegas, Nevada. Imperial Highway association meets at Mount Palomar, San Diego county. Mt. San Jacinto... Prize w i n n i n g pictures in M a r c h 4 MINING Gold for the V a u l t s of A m e r i c a POETRY |  | | Report (issue) | | ' ·, Geology and Fuel Resources, of the Green River Formation Southeastern Uinta Basin Utah and Colorado...SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER A study of the 548 Green River Formation in a 2,]00-square-mile area in..._ Wasatch Formation ________________________ _ Green River Formation _____________________ _ Douglas...______________ _ Tuff beds in the Green River Formation __ _ Tuffaceous dikes of the Green River Formation _____...southeastern part of Uinta Basin. 2. Fence diagram of the Green River Formation and the upper part of the Wasatch |  | | Journal (issue) | | badlands of South Dakota. CHARLES KELLY. Reno, Nevada Dear Mr. Henderson: While on the desert collecting...Here is wishing you continued success. W. FINCH WHITE, Jr. Los Angeles, California Dear Mr. Henderson:...Small Mine operators association at Tucson. C. M. d'Autremont, general chairman. Parade of mining progress...California Federation of Womens' clubs, southern district, to hold annual convention in El Centro, California...chairman. 25-26 and DEC. 2-3 Annual Horse race meet at Las Vegas, Nevada. Tommy Thebo, chairman. NOVEMBER |  | | Journal (issue) | | The desert softly sleeping 'neath a coverlet of white. Unsullied fleeciness tucked in snugly every place...still from out a lead-gray sky, swirl silent, soft, white veils Behind whose tenuous strength, our burning...Cloudcroft, New Mexico. July 2-4 — Rodeo, parades, Reno, Nevada. Volume 12 July 2-4—Hillbilly Jubilee, parade...n e r s in M a y , a n d other p i c t u r e s MINING Current n e w s of d e s e r t m i n e s PERSONALITY...growing songs. In the morning there stood sturdy green stalks of corn where the dry grains had been planted |  | | Journal (issue) | | Soft and white with no feathers or down Semi-covered with speckled feathers Covered with white down Black...Castle is Remains of a "bonanza king's" home in a Nevada ghost town Relic of northernmost point of Aztec...their tribal dances require a jerking motion which white people jokingly compare with the Mexican jumping...COVER Desert Staff DESERT QUIZ 2 Desert Staff MINE, MINER, MINUS-THE STORY OF HARQUA HALA 4 DW Grantham...COLORADO (1826) 25 Desert Staff THE PONY EXPRESS IN NEVADA 30 Bandini and Grantham FORT OJO CALIENTE, NEW |  | | Journal (issue) | | gml@gmail.com | shop.gilmansatthecave.com ROUGH GEMS MINE-DIRECT FACETING ROUGHS & MINERAL Sapphire, Emerald...Moss Drive, P.O. Box 740252 Houston Texas, TX 77074 USA Tel : +1 832 641 5014 ; +234 803 715 8372 Fax : +1...Workshop or Summer Camp at our facilities. Poland Mining Camps has obtained exclusive access for our customers...News BY J I M B R AC E -TH O M P S O N ILLEGAL MINING CONTINUES Unabated in the Amazon While concerns...increased with each passing year, so has illegal mining, which has directly contributed to that deforestation |  | | Journal (issue) | | . ..... 483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ......... .... ..... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona .................................. 531 W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .....Wilson & E. Jones Fluorite from the Oatman District, Mohave County, Arizona ............. .... ..... 569 M...M. Hay & D. Morris The Bagdad Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............. .......................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | OF CALIFORNIA'S PIONEER-TOWNS, GHOST-TOWNS AND MINING-CAMPS compiled by B. V. Terry. More than 400 place...names are printed in red on this 38 x 25 blue and white road map with northern California on one side and...to the color there are also dozens of black and white photos of more than 500 bottles. It also includes...Kern County. Map No. 2 covers the Opal Mountain and Black Canyon areas in San Bernardino County. Map...22 illustrations. $6.50 HISTORY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA by Francis P. Farquhar. History of the Spaniards |  | | Journal (issue) | | other than Earl Parot, who is a personal friend of mine and whom I esteem very highlyOf course you have...along with you there will be no difficulty. —K.H. Mine was Too Rich . . . Pasadena, California Dear Mr...entitled "Bonanza on Treasure Hill"—it is stated that silver ore at Hamilton, Nevada, yielded $27,000 to the...of a black bird, plumage was a drab brown with white edges around the feathers. The breast was full,...traveling on foot towards Needles from the Black Metal mine of Pete McGuire down the river, he came upon the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ................................................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was |  | | Journal (issue) | | POETRY PALEONTOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY PEGLEG TREK MINING NEWS 24 — Spanish Christmas Eve celebrations,...California. Nevada's First Cotton . . • Las Vegas, Nevada Desert: Just a note to correct a statement you...to state that in the early days at Bunkervilie, Nevada, lots of coiton was grown, I know, tor 1 helped...wanted to sing. 1 looked up at the ceiling, only the green leaves and tnick branches of a tree. 1 looked for...don't think I ever confessed that we were going down hill at the time. Those early years of association with |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3-5—Arizona Horse Lovers Club April 4 — Desert Wonderland Flower Show, Needles. Annual Horse Show. Phoenix...Bazaar, Hi Vista (30 miles northApril 12—Palomino Horse Show, Phoeeast of Lancaster). nix. April 11-12—Lilac...25-26—Sierra Club outing to Deep Canyon near Palm Desert. NEVADA April 11-12—Lions Club Rodeo, Battle Mountain....Week, Ephraim. April 16-18 — Spring Festival Days, WHITE CANYON, UTAH Price. Most all agree: April is the...CALENDAR REFLECTION NATURE ADVENTURE FICTION WATER LOST MINE POETRY PUBLIC LANDS EXPERIENCE GHOST TOWN PHOTOGRAPHY |  | | Journal (issue) | | Eye, Chrysocolla, Rose Quartz, Beautiful blue, green. Cornelian, and black Brazilian Agates, etc. GRIEGER'S...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...3-5—Rodeo, Reno, Nevada. LETTERS Comment from Desert readers 27 July 4—Fireworks at White Sands National...National Monument, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. MINING Current news of desert mines 28 NEWS From Here |  | | Journal (issue) | | Show, (returning to its old location), Je erson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building. The club had earlier...presented by the Cripple Creek District Museum. Cripple Creek’s Cresson Mine: The Untold Stories, by Steven...25-27, 2022: Fort Collins Rockhounds Show, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Longmont, CO. June 10-12, 2022: Pikes...future meeting speakers 2. Displayed an Iron Pyrite/Calcite rock given to him by a Kosovar USAFA student B...Scouts 3. Reminded the group about the Western Mining Museum Family Day event where the CSMS would have |  | | Journal (issue) | | GLASS By B. R. BRADLEY Tempiute, Nevada They throw here cheap white glass Unvalued when people moved...RAINMAKER By MARILYN FRANCIS Phoenix, Arizona A white man beats a different drum In asking for the rains...ancient pueblo's broken walls Are stark against the hill. The weathering of centuries Has worn them down...lift the soul With a driftwood theme in a wide green bowl— A thing of beauty or concept droll— Whatever...Club Desert Peaks Hike, Mt. Toiyabe, Nevada, meeting in Tonopah, Nevada. September 3-5 — Pow-Wow, Apple Valley |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mesa, Arizona. April 2-3—Twelfth annual Pinal county 4-H fair, Coolidge, Arizona. April 3—Lecture: Joseph...Tucson, Arizona. April 16-17—Third annual Yuma county junior agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April...OF LIVING BOTANY RECREATION LETTERS WILDFLOWERS MINING NEWS HOBBY . . . 16 20 Prize a n n o u n c e...rendezvous with a desert trail, With a willing horse, and a song . . . When sand and sun and the sky...Stranger to trouble and tears; With a stout-hearted horse beneith me I would ride through the sun-splashed |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 PRELIMINARY...866-835-3243 Email: Bid@HA.com Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...remarkable Trilobite specimen. The caramel color of the Calcite shell contrasts subtly with the lighter tans of...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State |  | | Book | | AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT BULL CANYON DISTRICT URAVAN DISTRICT GATEWAY...GATEWAY DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER...VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) DISTRICT MOAB DISTRICT GREEN RIVER DISTRICT THOMPSONS DISTRICT INTER-RIVER REGION...REGION DRY VALLEY DISTRICT COTTONWOOD AND BUTLER WASH AREAS MONTEZUMA CANYON DISTRICT SEVEN-MILE CANYON...PLATES Paradox Basin Uranium Districts Uranium Mining Areas Within Districts Paradox Basin Domes and |  | | Journal (issue) | | California. Feb. 7-8—Desert hiking, Odessa Canyon, Calico Mts. Southern California Chapter, Sierra Club. Feb. 8—Annual...Ruins, from Phoenix, Arizona. Feb. 18-23—Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Fairgrounds, Indio...Hole-in-the-Rock in Providence Mts. Side trip to pictographs in Old Woman Mts. From Palm Springs, California...California Chapter. Sierra Club hike in Whipple Mts., near Parker Dam, California. Joint outing with...23—Annual Miniature Parade in connection with Maricopa County Fair, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 24—Twenty-fifth annual |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .................................. 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...........................Foord Fluorite from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico .................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | halftone illustrations. Index. $3.50. • • • PLACER MINING FOR THE TENDERFOOT Writing for the novice rather...prepared a rather complete guide for use in placer mining without the use of expensive equipment. The author...prospectors and a score of other subjects. Several lost mine stories are included. "Books have been written on...to the rim in a dozen rivulets between brilliant green islands of watercress, then tumbles 140 feet to...Migratory waterfowl—California (Riverside county): Nov. 2-Jan. 20; Nevada: Oct. 13-Dec 31; New Mexico: Nov. 2-Jan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexican Indian pueblos. 10 Beginning series of horse races, each Friday, Saturday and Sunday until March...BUREAU 629 S. Hill St. — Los Angeles, California JANUARY, 1941 Volume 4 COVER CALENDAR LOST MINE PERSONALITY...NAMES CONTRIBUTORS HOBBY WEATHER LETTERS HOBBY NEWS MINING COMMENT BOOKS JANUARY, 1941 Number 3 DESERT...Devil's Protege By MARY BEAL 12 Specimens From a n old Mine Dump By JOHN W. HILTON 13 Hard Rock Shorty of Death...Illustration by Mary Anderson ROM 1508 to 1648 the mine called the Virgin Guadalupe belonged to Tumacacori |
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