A handbook on finding, processing, and selling gold with historical information on gold mining.

The discovery of gold in 1848 catapulted California into statehood and triggered environmental, social, political, and economic events whose repercussions are still felt today. Mary Hill combines her scientific training with a flair for storytelling to present the history of gold in California from the distant geological past through the wild days of the Gold Rush to the present. The early days of gold fever drew would-be miners from around the world, many enduring great hardships to reach California. Once here, they found mining to be backbreaking work and devised machines to help recover gold. These machines pawed gravel from river bottoms and tore apart mountainsides, wreaking environmental havoc that silted rivers, ruined farmlands, and provoked the world's first environmental conflict settled in the courts. Native Americans were nearly wiped out by invading miners or their diseases, and many Spanish-speaking settlers—Californios—were pushed aside. Hill writes of gold's uses in today's world for everything from coins to coffins, gourmet foods to spacecraft. Her comprehensive overview of gold's impact on California includes illustrated explanations of geology and mining in nontechnical language as well as numerous illustrations, maps, and photographs.

FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.

Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” –Napoleon Hill The Three Feet from Gold Master Course is your personal deep dive into the fundamental characteristics that distinguish those who “make it” from the average individual. It provides concrete action steps for you to refine your definite major purpose, develop the mindset and behaviors necessary to achieve it, and make the law of attraction work in your favor. From defining your personal success equation, to cultivating a pleasing personality, to forming your mastermind alliance, to harnessing the power of Cosmic Habitforce, this comprehensive program is jam-packed with lessons, exercises, activities, and application guides on the key principles in Three Feet from Gold that will equip you for personal transformation and unlimited achievement. The course offers both “primer” and “master” sessions so that you can return to it and dig even deeper as you progress in your personal success journey. This in depth master course on the bestselling business allegory Three Feet from Gold will help you realize your vision of success through eighteen modules on Napoleon Hill’s timeless achievement principles. Success is not about luck, connections, education, or economic privilege—it is about simple, daily thought habits that translate into dynamic action, giving you the “stickability” you need to thrive in the face of temporary defeat and create the life you’ve always wanted for yourself. You are just three feet from gold…now is the time to take action on your dreams to discover the success that is in store for you.