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On the afternoon of August 13, 1896, three men rode their horses across the town of Montpelier in Bear Lake County, Idaho towards Washington Street. Across the street from the Bank of Montpelier, they dismounted and tied their horses on a hitching rack. Two of the men casually walked to the bank like normal customers. […]
The Big Bug Mining District is a historic mining area situated in the Bradshaw Mountains of Central Arizona. The region gained attention for its rich gold deposits, but copper, silver and lead were also mined in the region. The town of Big Bug was established when gold placers were discovered at Big Bug Creek around […]
Mining and mineral extraction is required for our society. The very existence of everything in our daily lives. from lightbulbs to paint, automobiles to solar panels, fence posts too ocean liners requires mining on an industrial scale. Unique combinations of thousands of different minerals are required to fuel our modern existence. Unfortunately, there is a […]
The Jack Wade Creek Mining Area covers a narrow strip of placer deposits along Jack Wade Creek. It is located 20 miles east of historic mining town Chicken, within the Fortymile Mining District in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska. Primary access on the US side is via the Taylor Highway out of Chicken. Overview: Jack Wade […]
For decades, items made of gold have been hyped by merchants for their desirability and are highly coveted by many as symbols of luxury, style and wealth. But this modern-day obsession with gold can actually be traced to ancient cultures around the world. Gold has been at the center of human history for thousands of […]
The first ‘official’ gold discovery at Fairbanks was in 1902 on Pedro Creek. However, prospectors had been quietly working placer deposits along the creeks in the area since 1878. Their activities though had gone largely unnoticed, and were overshadowed by better-known finds at Circle, Fortymile, and Rampart. Felix Pedro’s 1902 discovery would likely have played […]
We’ve highlighted lots of gold nugget collections over the years… quite frankly I’m surprised that I let this one slip my mind. In fact, this is one of the best gold nugget displays on Earth. Of course, I’m talking about the natural gold display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. California Gold Rush Nuggets […]
The Bunker Hill Mine is renowned for its impressive base metal and silver reserves. It is situated in Kellogg, Idaho, within the Coeur d’Alene Mining District of Shoshone County. The primary entry point is the 10,000-foot-long Kellogg Tunnel, which is located 2,400 feet above sea level. The tunnel provides access to the deposits located beneath […]
Washington was one of the states to get attention from the early gold miners. While gold has been known to occur here since the earliest days of the gold rush to the West, much richer deposits were exploited first. Eventually, the miners and prospectors would arrive in Washington to discover that there was fairly abundant […]
Cobalt may have been referred to as goblin (due to its toxic effects when the ore was smelted) by the early miners in Saxony back in the sixteenth-century, but today it represents the epitome of cutting-edge technology. Unlike its ancient use in artifacts and textiles as a blue dye, today cobalt is an important constituent […]
Sacramento, the state capital of California may not stand out instantly in mining circles but surrounding areas are firmly embedded in the history of gold mining, not to mention its closeness to the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode. About 45 miles northeast of Sacramento lies Coloma, the location where in 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold […]
The area near Lake Mead in Southern Nevada has distinguished itself as a reservoir of gold and was once the site of a sustained gold rush in the 1800s. This region has a variety of sites that have produced gold as well as other minerals. In fact, beneath Lake Mead (formed by the waters from […]
The arid state of Baja California Sur has a tremendous, although contentious, history of mining activity. A peninsula spanning 55,000 square miles, it separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. Like a spear driven through the waters, it has approximately 1,800 miles of coastline and around 65 islands. This peninsula, though isolated on […]
Gold is one of the safest, yet most prosperous investments that can withstand the test of time. History has shown us its power to transform barren and desolate areas to bustling centers of commercial activity. One such area that serves as a modern-day example is the state of Colorado. Its massive development in the 19th […]
The Llano River, located in Llano County Texas, takes its name from llano, the Spanish word for “flat” or “smooth”. However, the county isn’t the only thing that shares its name. Llanite, a rare type of brown rhyolite porphyry, is named after Llano because it’s the only place in the world where this mineral can […]
