The Gold Prospecting Bog That Almost Isn't. LOL!

Have you had a busy winter?  I certainly have!  It has been tough finding time to blog, even though there is a LOT to tell you. We went to T...

Colorado Springs and Lake George Pebble Pups Publish a Paper

Greetings, I work with two groups of students between the ages of 10 and 14.  One group lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The other grou...

Unusual Columnar Jointing in Rocks Revealed at the Cresson Surface Mine

An extraordinary display of rock columns, formed from prehistoric magma (molten rock) that cooled underground, has been recently exposed by ...

Happy Birthday, Colorado!

Aspen Near Poncha Pass The Arkansas River from the F Street Bridge in Salida San Luis Valley n...

Gold at the Tucson Show

    What does 52 POUNDS of Australian gold look like?  Came with it's own guard, too. So how do you like that really big piece of gold i...

Cache Creek Park: A Chaffee County Gold Rush

The first gold discoveries in Colorado were placer gold deposits. Cache Creek Park, a few miles west of the small town of Granite in norther...

A Happy and Golden New Year!

                                                            From the Souk in Dubai Happy New Year to All! We have had an extremely busy holi...