Search Results: Gold Panning & Treasure Hunting from High-Lonesome Books

Published/Printed by the author, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8, 143 pgs, bibliography, b&w photos. A study and research of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.

Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 240 pgs, index, reading sources, b&w illustrations. Gives the locations of well over 100 "fabulous fortunes" waiting to be found in the ore-rich Southwest. "Finders Keepers!"

Baldwin Park, CA: Gem Guides Book Co., 1991. Later printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 72 pgs, b&w illustrations. A great guide for anyone interested in learning how to pan for gold: where to find it, equipment and techniques, panning, sluicing, making gold jewelry, etc.

British Columbia: Heritage House Publishing, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 96 pgs, b&w historical photos. Photos and a narrative of entertaining anecdotes about British Columbia's gold-rush era and the different trails that led inland to the mother lodes of the Cariboo.

Los Angeles: Automobile Club of Southern California, 1989. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 82 pgs, b&w photos and maps. This guidebook focuses on the 267-mile stretch of SR 49 between Mariposa and Sierraville as it was in 1990. Maps. The Mother Lode refers to a rich vein of gold stretching 120 miles from Bear Valley to Auburn. Contents include towns and personalities such as Amador City, Angels Camp, Bear Valley, John Sutter, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Carson Hill, Chinese Camp, El Dorado, Fiddletown, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, Nevada City, Rough and Ready, and more.

'Sellanraa,' Dunwoody, GA: Norm S. Berg, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 77 pgs, b&w illustrations by Hugh Cabot, III. A 20th century novel set in the southwest, of a Hispanic man who let's the discovery of a large nugget of gold take over his live as he pursues the "mother lode"

South Africa: Purnell, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. 7 x 9, 24 pgs, b&w and color photos. Mostly photos and a short history of gold mining in South Africa.

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Co., 1998. First edition. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 291 pgs, b&w photos. Gives the reader a fresh look at the lives of many famous authors who lived in San Francisco and the surrounding area. It also portrays the development of the city from a Gold Rush boom town through its rapid growth as a commercial port and rail head, its destruction in 1906, its rebirth, and its post-World War II status as a major urban center.

Baldwin Park, CA: Gem Guides Book Co., 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 207 pgs, b&w photos. Straightforward and complete answers to all of your questions about where to go, what to bring, what to do when you get there and also when you get back home with your new-found gold.

Silverthorne, CO: Alpenrose Press, 1980. Paperback. Good. 6 x 9, 336 pgs, b&w historical photos and maps. A lively look at Summit County's colorful gold rush past. Signed.