The Shadowgee

By Steven Wade Veatch       During the school-free months of summer my mother, brother, and grandfather stayed at our cabins in the mountain...

The Regale of France: Henry VIII’s Lost Ruby

By Steven Wade Veatch Glittering jewels, precious metals, and religious relics—ranging from a spine from the Crown of Thorns to a twig from ...

PIKES PEAK REGION’S ICONIC ROCKS

By Steven Wade Veatch Steamboat Rock and Balanced Rock are well-known tourist attractions in the heart of the Garden of the Gods. These icon...

MINERAL CURATION PROJECT AT THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT MUSUEM

By Steven Wade Veatch              In 2010 Steven Veatch, a member of the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club, organized several of its members...

The Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining District: A Sense of Place

By Steven Wade Veatch No one really stays the same in life; our experiences shape us. Places change us. For me, a place, the Cripple Creek M...

Cash Creek (Cache Creek) Then and Now

Cash Creek :: Western History   Link to photo taken by W. G. Chamberlain The only known photo of the Cash Creek mining camp is the photo by ...

A Writing Retreat 132 Years After Ed Watkins' Lynching

Looking east towards Salida. The Christison and Watkins ranches were on the mountain in the center pink in the sunset. I spent the last week...

Fees Increase for the Fairplay Beach Gold Panning Area

In case you have not heard, we had epic flooding and high water in Colorado this Spring. The water is down enough, now, to have peopl...

No water in the diversion ditch at Cache Creek June 26th, 2015

                                                         Cache Creek 6-26-2015 It has been a long dry spell for me and the blog. Too muc...

Celebrating Jurassic World with Dinosaur Raps with Jimmy Fallon

The Crystal Peak Gem Company

Steven Wade Veatch and Andy Weinzapfel Just north of the small town of Florissant, Colorado is a prominent topographic feature shaped like a...