Video of a tree turned to metal
by The 250 million-year process that turned this portion of a tree to metal is still not fully understood by geologists. We have been studying this …
Category: Mining
250 Million Year Old Copper-Mineralized Fossil Wood
Most people know what petrified wood is, and most people know that Copper makes really colorful mineral specimens, but did you know that there are …
Lost Dutchman Mine #1
The Lost Dutchman Mine is one of if not the most widely-known lost mine legend in the American Southwest. A real person found real gold …
Arizona Gold Mine Maps
Seeking out and finding old mines is a great way to get out there, get some exercise, and discover some history and nature with your …
Always be Open to Possibilities
There’s a fairly well-supported story about some silver bars buried in haste by a group of padres and soldiers up around the Flagstaff area – …
Metal Detecting for Gold, Silver, and Copper Nuggets
Metal detecting is a challenging endeavor. The ability to tolerate disappointment is a requirement, as is persistence. When hunting for minerals, these facts are magnified. …
Finding an Arrastre: Ancient Gold Mining Tool
One of the most primitive, and easy to construct, devices for hard rock ore processing is the “arrastre” (or, variously, the “arrastra”). The typical arrastre …
Gold Silver and Copper
It seems sometimes like the whole world focuses on Gold… … but there are other previous metals to hunt, and since they are quite a …