 | | Journal (issue) | | The business that my grandfather started on the Colorado in 1860 is still in operation being run now by... However I am checking with my friends at the American Museum of Natural History. J. ALLAN DUNN. You...fringes of the desert—Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Mexico, o' dondequiera—and the subject...commission, subject to revision by county commissioners. 1-Nov. 15 Imperial county dove season. 3-4 Feast Day...Conference, Salt Lake City. 8-10 National Convention, American Planning and Civic Assn. at Santa Fe, New Mexico |  | | Book | | Agates? nowhere as highly developed as among the American people, who will collect anything from matchbook...and quartz the favorite gem- tention to other chalcedony gems The agate also. is gem of America....form of chalcedony. known how not is among the popular impression rockhounds that chalcedony agate... In the general opinion of most collectors, chalcedony and the color is is usually concretionary...shall make it a practice to call all forms of chalcedony grades agate, all minerals (and nearly all | | | Book | | instinct is nowhere as highly developed as among the American people, who ,vill collect anything from matchbook...p op11lar impression amon g rockhot1nds that chalcedony is a form of agate, ust1ally a term t1 sed specifically...the reverse js tr11e, for agate is a forn1 of chalcedony. It is n ot kno,vn how this word (pronot1nced...jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony, and is called pudding stone in the gem trade...snuff bottle with streamers of milky quartz in chalcedony. Cutting through the ends of the streamers giver |  | | Journal (issue) | | sky, white sand and clean winds blowing! Horizons clear, your distances for thought! Awaken man that he...area were found petrified wood and palm root, chalcedony, jasper and moss agate. By HAROLD O. WEIGHT...if they belonged in the Black Hills of Imperial County, and I think some of the mosses would have been...Trappers passed here, and Indian, Mexican and American horsethieves— including legendary Pegleg Smith—...in 1844 with his Creole and Canadian trappers, American adventurers and Delaware Indian hunters, described |  | | Journal (issue) | | British Columbia, and have seen parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and every state west of the Rockies. I have viewed...associated the word with a golden variety of chalcedony, and somehow still believe the name originated...camp at that time he told me about the golden chalcedony he had found, and stated: "I'm sorry Mac, but...for July .1.24 Normal for July 1.07 WeatherDays clear 19 Days partly cloudy 10 Days cloudy 2 Percentage...for July 0.08 Normal for July 0.18 Weather— Days clear 29 Days partly cloudy 2 Days cloudy 0 Sunshine, |  | | Journal (issue) | | MAGAZINE Needles area looking northeast over Indian Creek Valley. Department of Interior air photo by George...gazed upon the Needles from the mouth of Indian Creek. He described what he saw in these words: ". . ...country as a series of fault lines paralleling the Colorado River, but southward, deeper into the labyrinth...Peaks towards which we drove. After crossing Indian Creek the road turns northwest across miles of broken...identical twin rose like a reflected image in the clear blue mirror of sky. On the narrow northwestern arm |  | | Book (volume) | | Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from the Michael M. Scott Collection as photographed...56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...devotion to the study and description of North American gemstones. + FOREWORD ew mineralogists of...incorporated a large bibliography and history of North American gemological literature. These volumes were inspired |  | | Journal (issue) | | account of shooting rapids of the San Juan and Colorado rivers with the late Nor. man Nevills, L. S. Peterman...climb to summit of rugged Kofa Range, just across Colorado River in Arizona. Also explore Kofa Palm Canyon...Defying nature's every mood, Flowed the mighty Colorado, Cleft thy heart with maddening power, Thy peaks...Merrick, a prospector working in the mines in Colorado. When he had acquired a grubstake, he outfitted...avoided them. Months later he came into Durango, Colorado, with silver ore speci- mens which assayed $800 | | | Book (volume) | | rhoColorado; eolorless scheelite (19.66 cc), Kern Cowny, California;...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...devotion to the study and description o/ North American gemstones. FOREWORD ew mineralogists of this...incorporated a large bibliography and history of North American gemological literature. These volumes were inspired...diamond occurrences which pro1nise to make the North American continent an i1nportant producer of these ge1nstones |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colorado Desert. Superstition Mountains in background. Photo by Arthur Burdick. NOSTALGIA By RONA MORRIS...here? Some vibrant note must lead them true and clear! Aglow and radiant with friendly thoughts They place...different varieties come into bloom. Los Angeles County Library, Lancaster, California. April 2-5—Desert...We had come here to explore the touches of Anglo-American. When we stopped in front of the valley and...were to have found John and Flora! They understood Anglo people better than any Navajos we'd ever known. |  | | Journal (issue) | | weeks before an election raise your hands. Ah—a clear majority, I see. Okay, write your state and national...months, ¼ page; $150 for 6 months, ¼ page. MEMBER: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies & South...Jersey Zinc’s mine at Gilman Colorado, the Cresson gold mine at Cripple Creek, and the Climax molybdenum...opportunity to grab a few specimens. At Cripple Creek, the ore that I put in my bag later produced some...not heard anything, so I hitchhiked back out to Colorado, went to the mine, and called the manager. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Papago Park, Phoenix. Arizona. Feb. 16-22—Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Arabian Nights...Vaqueros, Tucson. Arizona. Feb. 22-28—Maricopa County Fair, Horse Show, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 22-29—Invitational...— Maricopa County Fair, Mesa Civic Center, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 24-Mar. 4 — Imperial County Fair, El Centro...it. Thomas L. Smith was born in 1801 in Garrard County, Kentucky, the son of Christopher Smith, an Irish...his men returned to the Grand River country in Colorado where they became involved with the Indians and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting: the Stephenson-Bennett mine in Doña Ana County in the southern part of the state. Wulfenite was...in the Cerrillos Hills district, early Native American and Spanish workings were found to contain small...likely working the deposits for lead, and later Anglo-American companies continued to work the deposits for...(most likely the Stephenson-Bennett mine) in the American Journal of Science. Yellow wulfenites from the...was poorly recorded. Another locality in Doña Ana County, immediately north of the Organ district, produced |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area Clear Creek County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Chicago Creek Area Clear Creek County Colorado By J. E. HARRISON and J. D...1924rGeology and ore deposits of the Chicago Creek area, Clear Creek County, Colorado, by J. E. Harrison and J....Geology Colorado Clear Creek Co. 2. Ore deposits Colorado Clear Creek Co. 3. Petrology Colorado Clear Creek...(45)__---------------_----------Chemung County (71)____________________ Chicago (161)_---___---_------------------_ |  | | Journal (issue) | | MacDonald OASIS FOR THE JET SET Fred Harvey's Furnace Creek Inn Our back cover, also by Mr. Muench with the...II,Regi.Mgr. 435 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1314 Chicago, IL 60611 (312)467-6240 R I C H A R D F . LANDY...history will remember that one in the 1930s, the Colorado River Aqueduct, nearly caused a second war between...Club, Audubon Society and others. Voters of Inyo County, however, passed S Measure A which calls for...however, Mono County voters don't seem disturbed as they unseated Joan Green, their county superviser most |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Carbonate-Hosted Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, County Tipperary, Ireland M. W. HITZMAN,†Department of...Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401 P. B. REDMOND, Department...Abstract The Lisheen Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, located in County Tipperary in southeast-central Ireland, consists... and 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 dolomite-chalcedony-hematite altered rock (discussed below) have...et al., 1981; Clifford et al., 1986). Dolomite-chalcedony-hematite alteration: Zones of dolomitechalcedony-hematite |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALENDAR Sept. 1-2—Iron County Fair, Parowan, Utah. Sept. 1-2—Box Elder County Fair, Tremonton, Utah....1-2—Morgan County Fair, Morgan, Utah. Sept. 1-4—Nevada State Fair, Fallon. Sept. 1-4 —Elko County Fair and...Rodeo, Bishop, Calif. QUIZ Sept. 2-3-4 — Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Sept. 2-17 — Arizona Photographers...celebration, Winslow, Ariz. NATURE Sept. 4-6—American Meteoritics society convention, Flagstaff, Ariz...JOHN D. MITCHELL 31 Sept. 7-8-9—Annual Lincoln County Fair, Pioche, Nev. Sept. 7-8-9—Southern Utah Livestock |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan. 17-18—Sierra club hike up Bear Creek canyon to Bear Creek palm oasis. Camp site near southwest...in battle. True-False 5—Highway 66 crosses the Colorado river at Topock. True False 6—Certain species...first party to navigate the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river was Lieut. Joseph C. Ives. True False 9—According...Williams was a famous steamboat captain on the Colorado river. True False 14—First known white men to...there was a series of seven riffles, then Horn creek, one of the minor rapids. Norman looked it over |  | | Report (volume) | | .............. 30 Detailed sections 011 the Colorado and Brazos .-----.-.-.--...--.-. Detailed sections....................... 125 Big Hill, Jefferson County _-_-_...-__.-_-__--..--.......--._-_.._ DaytonHill....................... 127 Big Hill, Matagorda County -.------.-..-----....-....-....---..Jennings district...as far west as the Guadalupe River, in Victoria County, Tex. West of that stream, as far as the Rio Grande...Statistics of Coal, p. 223. TOPOGKAPHY. 13 Jefferson County; in Newton and Orange counties, Tex.; and at several |  | | Journal (volume) | | classes Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...of these minerals Number of total value of the County mineral products 11 18 18 20 Imperial Inyo ...Inyo and ties. San Bernardino counties. In Inyo County high-grade magnetite ore was being mined from the...being shipped to San Francisco. In San Bernardino County high-grade hematite was being mined from Cave Canyon...southern California Imperial County. The most active mining district in the county was the Cargo Muchacho |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico. July 27-30—State convention of Arizona American Legion, Nogales, Arizona. July 28-29—Sierra Club...unearthed in various layers of the silt along Colorado river. Archeologist Gordon Baldwin of the National...prehistoric Indian uncovered in excavations along Colorado river. The Indian was buried a thousand years...Mohave which is now forming behind Davis dam on the Colorado river, the National Park Service is busy salvaging...l y are spreading over the lowlands along the Colorado River above Davis dam, archeologists of the National |  | | Book (volume) | | Company, and those of diamond mining by the Anglo-American Corporation. ROBERT WEBSTER INTRODUCTION...lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much of the beautiful kunzite...a rough diamond can be (By courtesy of the Anglo-American 14 Corporation of South Africa Ltd.) INDIA...found while panning for gold at Cherokee, Butte County, in the same state. Some 500 stones have been recovered...found in drilling for water at Vassave Township, County of Abitibe in the Province of Quebec, and investigation |  | | Book | | Urbana-Champaign TELLICO ARCHAEOLOGY 12,000 YEARS OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY by Jefferson Chapman Occasional Paper...that comprise the 12,000 plus years of Native American occupation in the valley. Lists of references...understanding of prehistoric and early historic Native American cultures. The Tellico Archaeological Project is...in order to give a sense of orientation to the American people . . . , " (National Historic Preservation...our understanding • Vl of prehistoric Native American settlement and to survey methodology. Andrea Shea |  | | Journal (volume) | | Mineral Resources GEOLOGIC BRANCH of Sierra County 7 68 Current Notes 68 SPECIAL ARTICLES 69...classes 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...DISTRICT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA COUNTY By Charles V. Averill, District Mining Engineer...SIERRA COUNTY, WITH REFERENCES TO REPORTS OF STATE MINERALOGIST 50 GEOGRAPHY Sierra County is one of...feet. The Sierra Nevada continues through Plumas County, which adjoins to the north, but ends just beyond |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at Marte, Northern Chile TOMkS VILA, Minera Anglo American Chile Ltda., Avenida Pedro de Valdivia 295...andesiticvolcanicroof to the stockis largelyreplacedby a chalcedony-and alunite-richadvancedargillicassemblage, whichis...The ore reserve at Marte was defined from 1983 American-affiliatedcompanies,ComincoResources, through1987...fault: observed/inferred, ••r-• Silicification • chalcedony veins es showing dip Quartz stockwork • Dipandstrike...2ppm Auinsoil 1:•3+0.40 K-Arsample, withageinMa Creek 4533+ Elevation,metersa.s.L FIG. 4. Surfacegeologyof |
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