Fee Mining And Mineral Aventures In The Eastern U.s.,9781889786278

Fee Mining And Mineral Aventures In The Eastern U.s.

by ; ; ;
ISBN13: 9781889786278
ISBN10: 1889786276
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-30
Publisher(s): Gem Guides Book Co
  • Free Shipping Icon

    This Item Qualifies for Free Shipping!*

    *Excludes marketplace orders.

List Price: $16.75

Rent Textbook

Select for Price
Add to Cart
There was a problem. Please try again later.

New Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Used Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

eTextbook

We're Sorry
Not Available

Buy from our Marketplace starting at $5.50

How Marketplace Works:

  • This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
  • Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
  • Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
  • Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
  • Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.

Table of Contents

Introduction 16(1)
Trip Planning 17(1)
Miner's Ten Commandments 18(2)
Standard Tools 20(1)
For Your Safety 21(1)
Weights and Measures 22(1)
The Gold Rushes of North America 23(2)
Map Legend
25(1)
State Diggings Site Locator Map 26(1)
List of Diggings Sites
27(1)
Alabama
Introduction
28(1)
Site Map
29(1)
Museums
30(1)
Site 1 The Alabama Museum of Natural History
30(1)
Site 2 The Anniston Museum of Natural History
30(1)
Site 3 The Mann Museum of Outdoors
30(1)
Caves
30(2)
Site 4 DeSoto Caverns Park
30(1)
Site 5 Rickwood Caverns
31(1)
Site 6 Russell Cave National Monument
31(1)
Site 7 Sequoyah Cavern
31(1)
Arkansas
Introduction
32(1)
Site Map
33(1)
Diggings
34(13)
Site 1 Crystal Heaven--Quartz Crystals
34(1)
Site 2 Twin Creek Mine & Rock Shop--Quartz Crystals
35(1)
Site 3 The Crystal Seen Trading Co.--Quartz Crystals
36(1)
Site 4 Gee & Dee Crystal--Quartz Crystals
37(1)
Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine--Quartz Crystals
38(1)
Site 6 Wegner Crystal Mines & Ranch--Quartz Crystals
39(1)
Site 7 Arrowhead Mining--Quartz Crystals
40(1)
Site 8 Fiddler's Ridge Rock Shop and Crystal Mine--Quartz Crystals
41(1)
Site 9 Sonny Stanley's--Quartz Crystals
42(1)
Site 10 Crater of Diamonds State Park--Diamonds
43(1)
Site 11 Coleman's Quartz Mine--Quartz Crystals
44(1)
Site 12 Willis Crystal Mine--Quartz Crystals
45(1)
Site 13 Sweet Surrender Crystal Mines--Quartz Crystals
46(1)
Museums
47(1)
Site 14 Crater of Diamonds State Park
47(1)
Site 15 University Museum
47(1)
Caves
47(2)
Site 16 Blanchard Springs Cavern
47(1)
Site 17 Bull Shoal Caverns
47(1)
Site 18 Cosmic Caverns
47(1)
Site 19 Hurricane River Cave
48(1)
Site 20 Mystic Caverns
48(1)
Site 21 Onyx Cave Park
48(1)
Site 22 War Eagle Caverns
48(1)
Connecticut
Introduction
49(2)
Site Map
51(1)
Diggings
52(1)
Site 1 Green's Garnet Farm--Garnets
52(1)
Museums
53(1)
Site 2 Bruce Museum
53(1)
Site 3 Peabody Museum of Natural History
53(1)
Points of Interest
53(1)
Site 4 Dinosaur State Park
53(1)
Delaware
Introduction
54(1)
Site Map
55(1)
Museums
56(1)
Site 1 Delaware Museum of Natural History
56(1)
Site 2 University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall
56(1)
Florida
Introduction
57(1)
Site Map
58(1)
Diggings
59(7)
Site 1 Vero Beaches--1715 Spanish Treasure
59(1)
Site 2 Atocha/Margarita Expeditions--Shipwreck Treasure--Coins and Emeralds
60(1)
Site 3 Caspersen Beach--Fossilized Sharks Teeth and Fossils
61(1)
Site 4 Giant Stride--Fossilized Sharks Teeth and Fossils
62(1)
Site 5 Wild Tours/Fossil Expeditions, Megalodon Expeditions, and Everglade Eco-tours--Fossilized Sharks Teeth and Fossils
63(1)
Site 6 Venice Public Beaches--Fossilized Sharks Teeth
64(1)
Site 7 Sanibel and Captiva Islands--Seashell Hunting
65(1)
Museums
66(2)
Site 9 Bone Valley Museum
66(1)
Site 10 The Gillespie Museum
66(1)
Site 11 Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum
66(1)
Site 12 McLarty Treasure Museum
66(1)
Site 13 Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
66(1)
Site 14 Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum--Sebastian
67(1)
Site 15 Museum of Florida History
67(1)
Georgia
Introduction
68(1)
Site Map
69(1)
Diggings
70(6)
Site 1 Consolidated Gold Mine--Gold
70(1)
Site 2 Crisson Gold Mine--Gold Panning
71(1)
Site 3 Hackney Farm--Staurolite
72(1)
Site 4 Gold `N Gem Grubbin'--Gold and Gems
73(1)
Site 5 Graves Mountain--Rutile, Kyanite, Quartz Crystals
74(1)
Site 6 Hidden Valley Campground--Gold Panning
75(1)
Museums
76(1)
Site 7 Dahlonega Courthouse Gold Museum
76(1)
Site 8 Georgia Museum of Natural History
76(1)
Site 9 William Weinman Mineral Museum
76(1)
Illinois
Introduction
77(1)
Site Map
78(1)
Museums
79(1)
Site 1 The American Fluorite Museum
79(1)
Site 2 The Field Museum
79(1)
Site 3 Illinois State Museum
79(1)
Site 4 Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
79(1)
Site 5 Fryxell Geology Museum
79(1)
Points of Interest
80(1)
Site 6 Cave-In-Rock State Park
80(1)
Indiana
Introduction
81(1)
Site Map
82(1)
Diggings
83(2)
Site 1 Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park/Knightstown--Gold
83(1)
Site 2 Interstate 64 Roadcut
84(1)
Museums
85(1)
Site 3 Indiana State Museum
85(1)
Caves
85(1)
Site 4 Bluesprings Caverns
85(1)
Site 5 Marengo Cave National Landmark
85(1)
Site 6 Spring Mill State Park
85(1)
Site 7 Squire Boone Caverns
86(1)
Site 8 Wyandotte Caves
86(1)
Points of Interest
86(2)
Site 9 Angel Mounds State Historic Site
86(1)
Site 10 Falls of the Ohio State Park
86(1)
Site 11 McCormick's Creek
87(1)
Site 12 Mounds State Park
87(1)
Iowa
Introduction
88(1)
Site Map
89(1)
Museums
90(1)
Site 1 University of Northern Iowa Museum
90(1)
Caves
90(1)
Site 2 Crystal Lake Cave
90(1)
Site 3 Maquoketa Caves State Park
90(1)
Site 4 Spook Cave
90(1)
Kentucky
Introduction
91(1)
Site Map
92(1)
Caves
93(2)
Site 1 Carter Caves State Park
93(1)
Site 2 Crystal Onyx Cave
93(1)
Site 3 Diamond Caverns
93(1)
Site 4 Hidden River Cave (American Cave Museum)
93(1)
Site 5 Kentucky Caverns
94(1)
Site 6 Mammoth Cave National Park
94(1)
Louisiana
Introduction
95(1)
Site Map
96(1)
Museums
97(1)
Site 1 Lafayette Natural History Museum
97(1)
Site 2 Tulane University Museum of Natural History
97(1)
Maine
Introduction
98(2)
Site Map
100(1)
Diggings
101(6)
Site 1 Perham's of West Paris--Tourmaline, Beryl, Garnet and Quartz
101(1)
Site 2 Poland Mining Camp--Tourmaline
102(1)
Site 3 Bemis Stream Prospect--Tourmaline and Garnets
103(1)
Site 4 Bumpus Quarry--Beryl, Quartz and Tourmaline
104(1)
Site 5 Songo Pond Mine--Aquamarine
105(1)
Site 6 Swift River Gold Panning Area--Gold Panning
106(1)
Museums
107(1)
Site 7 Maine State Museum
107(1)
Site 8 Nylander Museum
107(1)
Points of Interest
107(1)
Site 10 Jasper Beach
107(1)
Maryland
Introduction
108(1)
Site Map
109(1)
Diggings
110(1)
Site 1 Calvert Cliffs State Park--Arrowheads and Fossils
110(1)
Massachusetts
Introduction
111(1)
Site Map
112(1)
Museums
113(1)
Site 1 Harvard Mineralogical Museum
113(1)
Site 2 Museum of Science
113(1)
Site 3 Pratt Museum of Natural History
113(1)
Site 4 The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle
113(1)
Site 5 Whydah Museum
114(1)
Points of Interest
114(1)
Site 6 Dighton Rock State Park
114(1)
Site 7 Nash Dino Land
114(1)
Site 8 Pilgrim Memorial State Park
114(1)
Michigan
Introduction
115(1)
Site Map
116(1)
Diggings
117(2)
Site 1 Petoskey State Park--Petoskey Stone
117(1)
Site 2 Delaware Copper Mine--Copper
118(1)
Museums
119(1)
Site 3 Cranbrook Institute of Science
119(1)
Site 4 A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
119(1)
Site 5 Coppertown USA Mining Museum
119(1)
Site 6 Iron County Historical Museum
119(1)
Points of Interest
120(1)
Site 7 Isle Royale National Park
120(1)
Site 8 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
120(1)
Minnesota
Introduction
121(1)
Site Map
122(1)
Points of Interest
123(1)
Site 1 Moose Lake
123(1)
Site 2 Pipestone National Monument
123(1)
Mississippi
Introduction
124(1)
Site Map
125(1)
Museums
126(1)
Site 1 Mississippi Museum of Natural History
126(1)
Points of Interest
126(1)
Site 2 Flora Mississippi Petrified Forest
126(1)
Missouri
Introduction
127(1)
Site Map
128(1)
Diggings
129(1)
Site 1 Sheffler's Rock Shop--Geode Mine
129(1)
Museums
130(1)
Site 2 Enns Entomology Museum
130(1)
Site 3 Tri-State Mineral Museum
130(1)
Caves
130(4)
Site 4 Bluff Dweller's Cave
130(1)
Site 5 Bridal Cave
130(1)
Site 6 Cameron Cave
130(1)
Site 7 Crystal Cave
131(1)
Site 8 Fantastic Caverns
131(1)
Site 9 Fisher Cave
131(1)
Site 10 Jacob's Cave
131(1)
Site 11 Mark Twain Cave
131(1)
Site 12 Marvel Cave
132(1)
Site 13 Meramec Caverns
132(1)
Site 14 Onondaga Cave and Cathedral Cave
132(1)
Site 15 Onyx Mountain Caverns
132(1)
Site 16 Ozark Caverns
133(1)
Site 17 Round Spring Caverns
133(1)
Site 18 Talking Rock Cavern
133(1)
Site 19 Truitt's Cave
133(1)
Site 20 Wild Cave Tour Reservation
133(1)
Points of Interest
134(2)
Site 21 Elephant Rocks State Park
134(1)
Site 22 Mastodon State Park
134(1)
Site 23 Missouri Mines State Historic Site
134(1)
Site 24 Rocheport
135(1)
Site 26 Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
135(1)
New Hampshire
Introduction
136(1)
Site Map
137(1)
Diggings
138(1)
Site 1 Ruggles Mine--Feldspar and Beryl
138(1)
Points of Interest
139(1)
Site 2 The Woodman Institute
139(1)
New Jersey
Introduction
140(1)
Site Map
141(1)
Diggings
142(3)
Site 1 Sterling Hill Mining Museum--Fluorescent Minerals
142(1)
Site 2 Franklin Mineral Museum and Mine Replica--Fluorescent Minerals
143(1)
Site 3 Cape May Public Beach--Cape May Diamonds
144(1)
Museums
145(1)
Site 4 Franklin Mineral Museum
145(1)
Site 5 Geology Museum
145(1)
Site 6 Heritage Glass Museum
145(1)
Points of Interest
145(1)
Site 8 Historic Batsto Village
145(1)
New York
Introduction
146(1)
Site Map
147(1)
Diggings
148(5)
Site 1 Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine--Herkimer Diamonds
148(1)
Site 2 Ace of Diamonds Mine--Herkimer Diamonds
149(1)
Site 3 Herkimer Diamond Mine--Herkimer Diamonds
150(1)
Site 4 Crystal Grove Diamond Mine and Campground--Herkimer Diamonds
151(1)
Site 5 The Barton Mine--Garnets
152(1)
Museums
153(1)
Site 6 American Museum of Natural History
153(1)
Site 7 Buffalo Museum of Science
153(1)
Site 8 New York State Museum
153(1)
Caves
153(2)
Site 9 Howe Caverns
153(1)
Site 10 Natural Stone Bridge and Caves
154(1)
Site 11 Secret Caverns
154(1)
North Carolina
Introduction
155(1)
Site Map
156(1)
Diggings
157(15)
Site 1 Cotton Patch Gold Mine--Gold Panning
157(1)
Site 2 Reed Gold Mine--Gold Panning
158(1)
Site 3 The Lucky Strike Gold and Gem Mine--Gold Mining and Garnets
159(1)
Site 4 Heather Grove Mine--Gold Prospecting
160(1)
Site 5 Old Pressley Sapphire Mine--Blue Star Sapphires
161(1)
Site 6 Mason Ruby and Sapphire Mine--Sapphires and Rubies
162(1)
Site 7 Thermal City Gold Mine--Gold
163(1)
Site 8 Emerald Hollow Mine--Emeralds
164(1)
Site 9 Vein Mountain Gold and Gems--Gold and Gems
165(1)
Site 10 Rose Creek Mine--Ruby, Sapphire and Quartz
166(1)
Site 11 Sheffield Mine--Star Rubies
167(1)
Site 12 Old Cardinal Gem Mine--Star Rubies, Rhodolite and Sapphires
168(1)
Site 13 Emerald Village--Emeralds and Semi-Precious Stones
169(1)
Site 14 Mason Mountain Rhodolite and Ruby Mine--Rubies, Rhodolite and Sapphires
170(1)
Site 15 Golden Valley Campground--Gold Mine
171(1)
Museums
172(1)
Site 16 Aurora Fossil Museum
172(1)
Site 17 Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum
172(1)
Site 18 Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County
172(1)
Site 19 Museum of North Carolina Minerals
172(1)
Site 20 Natural Science Center of Greensboro
172(1)
Site 21 North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
173(1)
Site 22 Schiele Museum of Natural History
173(1)
Caves
173(1)
Site 23 Linville Caverns
173(1)
Ohio
Introduction
174(1)
Site Map
175(1)
Diggings
176(1)
Site 1 Hidden Springs Ranch--Flint
176(1)
Museums
177(1)
Site 2 Flint Ridge Museum
177(1)
Site 3 Orton Geological Museum
177(1)
Site 4 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
177(1)
Site 5 Karl E. Limper Geology Museum
177(1)
Caves
177(2)
Site 6 Ohio Caverns
177(1)
Site 7 Olentangy Indian Cavern
178(1)
Site 8 Perry's Cave
178(1)
Site 9 Seneca Caverns
178(1)
Site 10 Zane Shawnee Caverns
178(1)
Pennsylvania
Introduction
179(1)
Site Map
180(1)
Diggings
181(1)
Site 1 Crystal Point Diamond Mine--Quartz Crystals
181(1)
Museums
182(1)
Site 2 The Academy of Natural Sciences
182(1)
Site 3 Bryn Mawr College Vaux Mineral Collection
182(1)
Site 4 Carnegie Museum of Natural History
182(1)
Site 5 Delaware County Institute of Science
182(1)
Site 6 Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery
182(1)
Site 7 Wagner Free Institute of Science
183(1)
Caves
183(2)
Site 8 Coral Caverns
183(1)
Site 9 Crystal Cave
183(1)
Site 10 Indian Caverns
183(1)
Site 11 Indian Echo Caverns
183(1)
Site 12 Laurel Caverns
184(1)
Site 13 Lincoln Caverns
184(1)
Site 14 Lost River Caverns
184(1)
Site 15 Penn's Cave
184(1)
Site 16 Woodward Cave
184(1)
Points of Interest
185(1)
Site 17 Windber Coal Heritage Center
185(1)
Site 18 The Coal & Coke Heritage Center
185(1)
Rhode Island
Introduction
186(1)
Site Map
187(1)
Museums
188(1)
Site 1 Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
188(1)
South Carolina
Introduction
189(1)
Site Map
190(1)
Diggings
191(4)
Site 1 Cooper River Divers--Fossilized Sharks Teeth and Fossils
191(1)
Site 2 Deep South Rivers--Fossilized Sharks Teeth and Fossils
192(1)
Site 3 Edisto Beach--Fossilized Shell, Sharks Teeth, and Other Fossils
193(1)
Site 4 William's Property--Amethyst Crystals
194(1)
Museums
195(1)
Site 5 Clemson University Geology Museum
195(1)
Site 6 South Carolina State Museum
195(1)
Tennessee
Introduction
196(1)
Site Map
197(1)
Diggings
198(1)
Site 1 Burra Burra Mine--Garnet and Pyrite
198(1)
Museums
199(1)
Site 2 Frank H. McClung Museum
199(1)
Caves
199(2)
Site 3 Appalachian Caverns Foundation
199(1)
Site 4 Bristol Caverns
199(1)
Site 5 Cumberland Caverns
199(1)
Site 6 Forbidden Caverns
200(1)
Site 7 Lost Sea
200(1)
Site 8 Raccoon Mountain Caverns
200(1)
Site 9 Ruby Falls
200(1)
Site 10 Tuckaleechee Caverns
201(1)
Points of Interest
201(1)
Site 11 Pearl Tour
201(1)
Vermont
Introduction
202(2)
Site Map
204(1)
Diggings
205(2)
Site 1 Richard's Gold Mine--Gold Panning
205(1)
Site 2 Camp Plymouth State Park--Gold Panning
206(1)
Museums
207(1)
Site 3 Fairbanks Museum
207(1)
Site 4 University of Vermont
207(1)
Points of Interest
207(1)
Site 5 Vermont Marble Exhibit
207(1)
Virginia
Introduction
208(1)
Site Map
209(1)
Diggings
210(3)
Site 1 Morfield Gem Mine--Amazonite
210(1)
Site 2 Deck Boyles Farm and Mine--Beryl and Smoky Quartz
211(1)
Site 3 Fairy Stones State Park--Fairy Stones (Staurolite)
212(1)
Museums
213(1)
Site 4 Virginia Museum of Natural History at Virginia Tech
213(1)
Site 5 Virginia Museum of Natural History at Martinsville
213(1)
Site 6 Virginia Tech Geological Sciences Museum
213(1)
Site 7 James Madison University Mineral Museum
213(1)
Caves
214(2)
Site 8 Caverns of Natural Bridge
214(1)
Site 9 Crystal Caverns at Hupp's Hill
214(1)
Site 10 Dixie Caverns
214(1)
Site 11 Endless Caverns
214(1)
Site 12 Grand Caverns
215(1)
Site 13 Luray Caverns
215(1)
Site 14 Shenandoah Caverns
215(1)
Site 15 Skyline Caverns
215(1)
West Virginia
Introduction
216(2)
Site Map
218(1)
Museums
219(1)
Site 1 Mini-Museum of Geology and Natural History
219(1)
Caves
219(1)
Site 2 Lost-World Caverns
219(1)
Site 3 Scott Hollow Cave
219(1)
Site 4 Organ Cave
219(1)
Site 5 Seneca Caverns
220(1)
Site 6 Smoke Hole Caverns
220(1)
Points of Interest
220(2)
Site 7 Canyon Rim Visitor Center
220(1)
Site 8 Eastern Regional Coal Archives
220(1)
Site 9 Coal House
221(1)
Wisconsin
Introduction
222(1)
Site Map
223(1)
Museums
224(1)
Site 1 Geology Museum
224(1)
Site 2 Milwaukee Public Museum
224(1)
Site 3 Mining Museum
224(1)
Caves
224(1)
Site 4 Cave of the Mounds
224(1)
Locating Gold Deposits 225(1)
Tips for Uncovering Precious Gems 226(2)
Gold Panning Tips 228(1)
Sluicing Techniques 229(1)
State Official Symbols 230(2)
Birthstones 232(4)
Wedding Anniversaries 236(1)
Fantastic Finds 237(4)
Glossary 241(2)
Bibliography 243(1)
Suggested Reading 244(3)
Helpful Websites 247(5)
Mineral Locator Index 252(6)
Photo Gallery 258(6)
Have We Missed a Mine or Collecting Site? 264

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.