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GOLD
Where to go, How to find it
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There is gold nearly everywhere! At the amazing prices an ounce of gold is bringing these days, it would behoove anyone to try their hand at gold prospecting, whether panning, drywashing, dredging, sluicing.
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| Where to find Gold in California, by Delos Toole ... Written by a prospector, this book is chock full of easy to read maps and directions to dozens and dozens of sites. It's informative yet easy to follow, written much like a rockhounding book. 138 pages
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Where to Find Gold in Northern California, by James Klein ... The important role that Northern California played in Gold Rush history is often overlooked. But significant quantities of gold were found and mined there, and it's still there to be found if you know the secrets. Gold is everywhere. It accumulates in particular kinds of areas under predictable conditions. Time and the forces of nature gather gold flakes and nuggets in hiding places that can be located by prospectors who know where to look and what to look for. jim Klein, veteran prospector, miner, and treasure hunter knows those secrets and shares them with you in this book. 153 pages
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Where to Find Gold in Southern California, by James Klein ... There really is gold still to be found near the byways of Southern California! In fact, probably more is out there to be found by the determined prospector than at any time in recent years. Millions of acres of public land in Southern California are available for prospecting, but some sites are better than others. Amazingly enough, the old diggins are still the best places to look for gold. Ride along with veteran prospector James Klein, miner and author of numerous books on gold mining, as he discusses the possibilities for you to find gold within a day's drive of anywhere in Southern California. 108 pages
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Three Hours to Gold from Southern California, by Jim Straight ... This book tries to capture the essence of the mining and milling of gold, silver, and tungstin in the Randsburg Quandrangle from 1910 to 2010. It begins with a general description of the quagrangle: topography, geology, gold deposits. Next is an updated history of the mining in the quadrangle from 1910 to 2010. The next section is Metal Detecting for Eolian and Eluvial Placer using VLF and PI-Type detectors. This is a good little book, full of lots of interesting information including the author's opinions. Spiral bound, 115 pages
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| Fee Mining and Mineral Adventures in the Eastern U.S., by James & Jeannette Monaco ... 263 pages ... Hit the road on a fee mining adventure! Learn where and how to search for gems, precious stones, gold, treasure, fossils, and more. Pay to Dig sites are located in many places in the eastern half of the United States and provide a fun-filled and enriching opportunity to try your hand at a range of treasure hunting experiences. Although written with the casual enthusiast in mind, everyone from vacationing families to more seasoned collectors will find a treasure trove of interesting locations organized by state, including fee mining sites, museums, caves, as well as geologic and historical points of interest. Diamonds in Arkansas, Gold in Maine, Georgia, N. Carolina, Vermont, shipwreck treasure in Florida, Rubies and Emeralds in Tennessee, Fluorescent Minerals in New Jersey and Kentucky, Fairy Stones in Virginia, Fossils in South Carolina, Caves in 14 states, Tour historic mines in Michigan just to name a few. Includes sites in 31 states.
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| Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West, by James & Jeannette Monaco ... 240 pages ... This unique guide will direct you to a wide variety of "fee and free" rockhounding and mineral adventures throughout the western states. In this updated edition you can visit 100 collecting locations plus 153 museums, caves, points of interest, fairs, and festivals. Digging locations are varied and include fee mines, gold prospecting areas, collecting sites for rocks, minerals, and fossils, and adventure and cave tours. Samples are: mine for brilliant sapphires in Montana, Collect smithsonite in New Mexico, fire agates in Arizona, and opal in Nevada. Visit numerous mines and historic sites of the California Gold Rush. Search for fossil fish and dinosaur bone in Wyoming, discover gold in rivers and streams in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Whether you are a casual hobbyist, a serious collector, or on a family vacation, this book will be your indispensable guide to new rock hunting and prospecting experiences. Covers 19 states west of the Mississippi including Alaska and Hawaii.
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Fists Full of Gold, by Chris Ralph ... 361 pages ... This book is different from the others, in that if you are a beginner it will tell you things you need to know to get started and find gold. However, even if you have twenty years prospecting experience, you will still find a wealth of new information and tips in these pages. From equipment operations to the geology of how gold deposits form, to the nature of coarse gold nuggets, this book takes a unique and different approach in teaching the "trade skills" of prospecting. It focuses primarily on the knowledge you need to find locations rich with recoverable gold. This information is critical because in the final analysis, no matter how well you operate your dredge, metal detector, or other prospecting equipment, unless you can find the places where gold is located, your equipment cannot help you recover it.
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Gold Mining in the 21st Century - The Complete Book of Modern Gold Mining Procedures, by Dave McCracken ... 277 pages ... What gold is, where it comes from, where to find it, panning gold, sluicing, suction dredging, lode mining, electronic prospecting, cleaning gold, selling gold, and everything else you need toknow how to succeed at a modern day gold prospection adventure!
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Successful Drywashing, by Jim Straight ... For the man (or woman) who wants to know the secrets of successful drywashing: Little known old-timer tips, Problem solving, How to set up, Moisture calculations, Dead air space. 34 pages
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Gold Panning with Don Robinson .. DVD - Learn the art of gold panning in less than 30 minutes from one of the world's best. Gold Panning Champion Don Robinson uses his easy-going style to describe the equipment, principles, and technique behind this historic method of extracting gold from the Mother Lode. Learn shortcuts on how to gather more gold while others waste time sifting sand and why gold magically appears in his pan where others end up losing it.
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Finding Gold in the Desert - The Art of Drywashing, by Otto Lynch ... 23 pages ... Gold is where you find it! With over 50 years of productive experience in the desert, the author shares his techniques and professional knowledge of finding gold in the deserts of the southwest. This guidebook includes blueprints for making your own drywasher, as well as shortcuts and helpful hints that will speed you on your way to finding your first nugget in the desert.
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Gold Prospectors Handbook, by Jack Black .. 9th printing - This book was written to fill the void between the readily available elementary advice on hunting for gold and the highly technical principles of professional mining. This book will help the beginner to become an advanced, proficient amateur at prospecting and small mining operations and teach him how to be one of those who can bring home the bacon - or gold, mercury, silver, or whatever else it is he seeks.
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The Weekend Gold Miner, by A.H. Ryan, Ph.D ... This is another basic instruction book chock full of information for the beginning gold miner. Easy to read and understand, Chapter headings are as follows: 20th Century Sourdoughs, Where to Look, What to Look For, How to Get it Out, Testing-Testing, Mining in the Desert, So You Want to Do it Electronically?, What to do if You Strike it Rich, Ghost Towns and Lost Mines. 79 pages
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Recreational Gold Prospecting for Fun and Profit, by Gail Butler .. 206 pages .. If you're just starting out in gold prospecting, this is the book for you. Here are straightforward and complete answers to all of your questions about where to go, what to bring, what to do when you get there, and also when you get back home with your new-found gold. The author's vast experience in outdoor recreation and "user-friendly" writing style will help you get ready to enjoy a great family activity that's loaded with fun and profit. Covers basic techniques, panning, sluicing, crevicing, sniping, dowsing, dredging, drywashing, how to stake a claim, what to do with your gold. Black and white photos.
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Modern Prospecting, by Roger McPherson ... 301 pages ... A gold pan, a couple of screens, a small shovel, rock hammer, hand lens, and sample bags are the essential tools for prospecting. However, to have a better chance of discovering a deposit, a prospector must also recognize the signposts of a favorable area, do the land status research, and follow through with valid claim staking, soil and rock sampling, and assaying. This systematic approach to mineral exploration is used by successful prospectors and mining companies today. Whether looking for gold, platinum, diamonds, or any other mineral, anyone equipped with these basic skills greatly increases their ability to discover new bonanzas. In this book, an experienced prospector passes on information acquired through 20 years of classroom study, field work in the western states and Alaska, and trial and error. Chapters include descriptions of the major types of deposits; interviews with professional geologists, how to obtain an assay; use geochemical and geophysical methods, and stake a proper claim. Includes a glossary, helpful info on government agencies, websits, and other contacts for assays, suppliers, and geological bulletins.
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Colorado Placers & Placering, by Ben H. Parker, Jr. .. Placers are deposits or accumulations of rock debris in which gold or other heavy minerals have been concentrated mechanically by natural processes. Placer gravel is the material that makes up a placer deposit without regard to its origin, size, or shape. For instance it may be stream depositis with any combination of sand, gravel, and boulders; dune sand; beaches; weathered material lying on bedrock, or even mill tailings. This book is divided in to two sections: Good Areas for Panning and Challenging Areas for Panning. Counties are listed, areas within those counties, and maps. This is a book for any Colorado prospector's library. 112 pages
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Gold Fever, by Lois de Lorenzo .. 80 pages ... Tools needed for hunting gold, Panning for beginners, how to build a simple sluice box, slushing, mining terms, where to find it. A simple book, a good beginner's book for Gold hunting. Some maps from California east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
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Gold Panning is Easy, by Roy Lagal .. 134 pages ... Anyone can use a pan to recover gold from mountain streams, desert arroyos, or wherever it awaits you. The author, who has spent a lifetime finding gold, tells just how easy it is. Take your next vacation in beautiful gold country. Follow the simple, illustrated instructions in this book and you are certain to enjoy the glorious outdoors and you may experience the threill of a lifetime as you find color of your very own! Also, learn how to use metal detectors that can make discovering gold nuggets as easy as finding coins in the park.
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The Gold Rush, Life in the Old West, by Bobbie Kalman ... 32 pages ... This doesn't say, but I would say this book is for ages 10 to 14, a little younger if the child can read well, or if the parent reads the book with the child. It's a good book, very informative without becoming involved. Lots of photos and drawings, necessary to keep the child's interest. It includes quite a few things that I didn't know myself.
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The Gold Rush - Life in the Old West, by Bobbie Kalman ... 32 pages ... This doesn't say, but I would say this book is for ages 10 to 14, a little younger if the child can read well, or if the parent reads the book with the child. It's a good book, very informative without becoming involved. Lots of photos and drawings, necessary to keep the child's interest. It includes quite a few things that I didn't know myself.
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Where to find Gold and Gems in Nevada, by James Klein. Nevada is the fifth largest gold producing state in the U.S. and today's modern prospector is still searching the hills and gullies for it and finding it! This helpful book delves into the history of the most important gold bearing areas and offers the modern prospector and gem hunter interesting and valuable information about these areas. Organized by county and by mining district, each chapter includes highway maps and descriptive text of historic and current mining sites, tells where and what gems and minerals can be found, and gives a short history of local ghost towns. This book has 110 pages.
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| Placer Gold Deposits of the Sierra Nevada, by Paul D. Morrison ... The history and geology of the Mother Lode Gold Country of California were well documented in numerous government mineral resource surveys throughout the century. This book compiles data from those reports, long unavailable, in a concise, convenient edition that concentrates on gold placer, hydraulic, and drift mines, giving location information as well as history and past production figures. Covering the mines of the Mother Lode, it also includes the other gold-producing counties of the southern and northern Sierra Nevada range, and the dredging areas of the American, Feather, and Yuba Rivers. More than twenty county maps complete this valuable guide to prospecting the Gold Country of California. 192 pages
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Where to find Gold in Oregon, by Delos Toole ... Written by a prospector, this book is chock full of easy to read maps and directions to dozens and dozens of sites. It's informative yet easy to follow, written much like a rockhounding book. 144 pages
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Where to find Arizona's Placer Gold, by Delos Toole ... Written by a prospector, this book is chock full of easy to read maps and directions to dozens and dozens of sites. It's informative yet easy to follow, written much like a rockhounding book. 141 pages
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Placer Gold Deposits of New Mexico, by Maureen G. Johnson ... Original Geological Survey Bulletins. Authoritative guide to placer locations. Maps of placer deposits included. 46 pages
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Arizona Gold Placers and Placering, by Eldred D. Wilson ... Reprint of the classic Arizona Bureau of Mines publication. Learn about the placer areas in each county of the state. Contains section on small scale placering. This book is a very good book with a few photos, a few maps, lots and lots of information. 148 pages
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| Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona, by Maureen G. Johnson ... Original Geological Survey Bulletins. Authoritative guide to placer locations. Maps of placer deposits included. 103 pages
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| Where to Find Gold in the Desert, by James Klein ... The deserts of the American Southwest are filled with gold. Some of it is hidden as part of treasure troves dating back to Indian times and some of it occurring naturally. Prospectors who are smart enough and persistent enough can locate it. This author knows the secrets to finding gold. In this revised edition, he explains where to look and what to look for all over the deserts of the American Southwest from California to Nevada to Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. He also relates some of the most captivating treasure tales of this barren and enchanted land. 135 pages
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Where to find gold and gems:
THEN & NOW MAP SERIES
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| Arizona Gold and Gems Maps - Then and Now - by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Arizona maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Agate, Amethyst, Apache Tears, Aragonite, Azurite, Beryl, Calcite - there are 35 listed, ending with Wulfenite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW section, Side 2 1868 Early Mineral Locales
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NE section, Side 2 1869 Mineral Districts
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SW section, Side 2 1886 Early Townsites
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SE Section, Side 2 1868 Text and Photos
Map 5, Side 1 - 1881, North Half, Side 2 - 1881, South Half
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| California Gold & Gems Maps, Northern Edition, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Northern California maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Actinolite, Agate, Amazonite, Amethyst, Apatite, Apache Tears, Aragonite, Beryl, Calcite - there are 40 listed alphabetically, ending with Wollastonite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 Gold Region 1851
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NE Section, Side 2 Feather / Yuba River
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SW Section, Side 2 Mining District 1850
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SE Section, Side 2 Miscellaneious District Info.
Map 5, Side 1 - Mother Lode Mineral Belt, Side 2 - Mineral Districts
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| California Gold & Gems Maps, Southern Edition - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Southern California maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Actinolite, Agate, Amethyst, Andalusite, Andesite, Apatite, Autunite, Aragonite - there are 60 listed alphabetically, ending with Turquoise.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 Gold Districts, Eastern Section
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, Eastern Section, Side 2 Gold Districts, Western Section
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SW Section, Side 2 Mineral Deposits, 1910, Western Section
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, SE Section, Side 2 Mineral Deposits 1910, Eastern Section
Map 5, Side 1 - Inyo County 1883, Side 2 - Misc. Mining Districts / Photo
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| Colorado Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Colorado maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysoberyl, Fluorite, Garnet, Geode, Hematite - there are 67 listed alphabetically, ending with Zircon.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps NW
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NE Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps NW/SW
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SW Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps NW/SW
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SE Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps NW/SW
Map 5, Side 1 - Colorado 1866 Mineral Deposits, Side 2 - Text
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| Idaho Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Idaho maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Carnelian, Epidote, Jasper, Opalized Wood, Thunder Eggs, Tourmaline - there are 22 listed alphabetically, ending with Zeolite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Northern Section, Side 2 - Detailed sections
Map 2, Side 1 - Southwest Section, Side 2 - Detailed sections
Map 3, Side 1 - Southeast Section, Side 2 - Detailed sections
Map 4, Side 1 - 1895 Mining Districts, Side 2 - 1883 Early townsites
Map 5, Side 1 - 1891 Mineral Deposits, Side 2 - 1899 Early Towns, Railroads
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| Montana Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Montana maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Cerussite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Limonite, Psilomelane - there are 65 listed alphabetically, ending with Zeolite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NE Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SW Section, Side 2 - Regional mineral maps
Map 4, Side 1 - Gems Deposits SE Section, Side 2 - Text
Map 5, Side 1 - Montana/Idaho 1891 Northern Region, Side 2 - Montana/Idaho 1891 Southern Region
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| Nevada Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Nevada maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Carnelian, Fire Opal, Geodes, Jasper, Limb Casts, Rhyolite, Turquoise, Wonderstone - there are 49 listed alphabetically, ending with Zircon.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NW Section, Side 2 - Mineral Deposits 1866
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NE Section, Side 2 - Text
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SW Section, Side 2 - Nevada 1882 North Half
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SE Section, Side 2 - Nevada 1882 South Half
Map 5, Side 1 - Placer Districts 1936, Side 2 - Early Towns 1900
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| New Mexico Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for New Mexico maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Actinolite, Agate, Allanite, Amazonite, Amethyst, Apatite - there are 70 listed alphabetically, ending with Zeolite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 - Placer Deposits / Epithermal Vein Deposits
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NE Section, Side 2 Great Plains Margin Deposits
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SW Section, Side 2 Text
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SE Section, Side 2 Placer Deposits
Map 5, Side 1 - Post Route Map 1902 with Mining Districts, Side 2 - SW Mineral Deposits 1866
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| Oregon Gold / Silver & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... Some of the treasures listed on these maps are: Gold, Silver, Agate, Apache Tears, Bloodstone, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Feldspar - there are 25 listed, ending with Jade.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - NW Section, Side 2 Bohemia Mining District
Map 2, Side 1 - NE Section, Side 2 NE Oregon Mining District
Map 3, Side 1 - SW Section, Side 2 Gold Placers, SW Oregon
Map 4, Side 1 - SE Section, Side 2 Southern Oregon District 1904
Map 5, Side 1 - Oregon 1900, Side 2 - Recreational Mining
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| Utah Gold & Gems Maps - Then and Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Utah maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Acanthite, Actinolite, Adamite, Agate, Albite, Allanite, Amethyst, Anatase - there are 124 (wow!) listed alphabetically, ending with Zoisite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - Gold & Gems, NW Section, Side 2 - Utah 1878 Northern Half
Map 2, Side 1 - Gold & Gems NE Section, Side 2 - Utah 1878 Southern Half
Map 3, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SW Section, Side 2 - Text
Map 4, Side 1 - Gold & Gems SE Section, Side 2 - Utah 1874
Map 5, Side 1 - Selected Mining Districts, Side 2 - Mining Districts of Utah
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| Washington (state) Gold & Gems Maps - Then & Now, by R.N. & M.L. Preston ... This offer is for Washington (state) maps and some of the treasures listed are: Gold, Silver, Actinolite, Agate, Aventurine, Andalusite, Azurite, Beryl, Bloodstone, Chrysocolla, Corundum - there are 30 listed alphabetically, ending with Zeolite.
You will receive five maps:
Map 1, Side 1 - NW Section, Side 2 Early Mining Districts Central/Western Region
Map 2, Side 1 - NE Section, Side 2 Early Mining Districts Southeast Region
Map 3, Side 1 - SW Section, Side 2 Early Mining Districts Central Region
Map 4, Side 1 - SE Section, Side 2 Early Mining Districts Northeast Region
Map 5, Side 1 - Washington 1865, Side 2 - Washington 1896
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