Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure! Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure! Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you're ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.

Organized geographically by county and accompanied by site maps and photographs, this guide describes where to go and what you'll find there.

High atop the Continental Divide, the Climax Mine opened during World War I to meet military needs for molybdenum and became the most successful American company of the Great Depression. Voynick's deft portrayal of Climax and its people, with over 100 rare photographs, make this an invaluable addition to western mining lore.

The Leadville story is a first-rate frontier epic, with romance and excitement enough for ten cities. The real story of Leadville is beyond the portals -- it is of the men who worked the mines, of thundering rock drills and dynamite fumes, of metals torn from mountains in a grim, determined, and all too often tragic effort.