Fossil Pollen Reveals Florissant's Ice Age Environment

Out of the mists of prehistory—through fossil pollen and spores—comes an unprecedented glimpse into Florissant’s past. Experts used cutting-...

The Mining Machines of the Greater Alma Mining District, Colorado

W hile staring into the campfire on a quiet summer night, I was thinking about the old mines I had explored during the day.  All of them wer...

Gold Prospecting Season is in Full Swing....for Some of Us

Colorado State Gold Panning Championship Winners - Ladies Division Right to Left, 1st Shirley Weilnau, 2nd Sue Drewes, and 3rd Linda Jent A ...

The Ice Age at the Florissant Fossil Beds: The Discovery of a Columbian Mammoth

The Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is one of the most important plant and insect fossil sites in the world. The late Eocene age, 3...

Bear Dens of Pinnacle Park, Cripple Creek and Victor Mining District

Historic bear cage in foreground, mining activity in the background. The Woods family founded Victor during the Cripple Creek and Victor gol...

The Exceptional Botrychiums of Buckskin Gulch

Poking out of the gravel of an abandoned placer mining operation at Buckskin Gulch, Colorado is a curious little fern that belongs to the ge...

Gold Safari Sluice Box Review

The Gold Safari Sluice Box Guests are gone, new camp is shaping up, and some rearranging is finished.  As promised, I have a review of the G...