Northwest and Southwest Rockhounding

Last week, I had a spare day to get out and about. My Grandson Darien and I took a trip over Chinook Pass to find the ghost town of Copp...

 Well, we enjoyed our last trip to Salmon Creek so much, that we just had to go back. We really want to find some of the bigger agates I kee...

OK, I just can't take this heat, and neither could my brother visiting from Kodiak AK, so we headed up the road to the Carbon River Min...

Golden Tunnel Mine Claim Map Many thanks to Tom A. for sending me this link to a 1901 prospectus for the Durango Boy Mining Company who...

So, we are planning a trip to New Mexico soon and will probably be going to a family reunion in Ruidoso. So what do I do? I get to work seei...

Last Friday was such a beautiful day, and I was off, so I just had to get out. Looking for rocks at this time of year can be difficult due t...

I am blessed in that I have two states I can go rockhounding in. Living in Washington gives me access to hundreds of good sites and visiting...