Independence, OR: Cascade Mountains Gold, 2002. Paperback Spiral Bound. 8 1/2 x 11, 26 pgs, b&w illustrations. An experienced and professional gold miner shares advice, history and personal experience to help you mine your own gold on land set aside for recreational mining.
Baldwin Park, CA: Gem Guides Book Co., 1998. Paperback. 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.
South Africa: Purnell, 1973. Paperback. 7 x 9, 24 pgs, b&w and color photos. Mostly photos and a short history of gold mining in South Africa.
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 246 pgs, b&w illustrations. Picturesque guide to the long-lost mines, rich veins of ore, silver lodes, buried treasure, and other bonanzas reputedly there for the finding. All are described, including fascinating anecdotes about the nature of the treasure, its...
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 246 pgs, b&w illustrations. Picturesque guide to the long-lost mines, rich veins of ore, silver lodes, buried treasure, and other bonanzas reputedly there for the finding. All are described, including fascinating anecdotes about the nature of the treasure, its...
'Sellanraa,' Dunwoody, GA: Norm S. Berg, 1965. Hardcover. 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"
Dallas: Ram Publishing Co., 2010. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 142 pgs, color photos. Learn how to find gold with three simple rules: look in the right places, search correctly, and be patient and persistent. Here's how.
Silverthorne, CO: Alpenrose Press, 1980. Paperback. 6 x 9, 336 pgs, b&w historical photos and maps. A lively look at Summit County's colorful gold rush past. Signed.
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press, 2011. Third printing. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 199 pgs. This veteran treasure hunter and folklorist presents twenty-six colorful, intriguing and mysterious stories about fortunes lost and found.
San Francisco: Department of Natural Resources, 1948. Hardcover. 11 x 8 1/2, 164 pgs, lots of b&w and color photos and maps. Photos and maps of Highway 49, 277 miles in length, along with articles written by ten different authors on the natural history of this stretch.
Susanville, CA: Cy Johnson & Son, 1992. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 64 pgs, b&w maps. A book of maps for gold prospecting in the west.
Encino, CA: Quest Publishing, 1991. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pgs, b&w illustrations. Comprehensive listing of signs and symbols found when treasure hunting, and what they mean.
British Columbia: Heritage House Publishing, 1998. First edition. Paperback. 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.
Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, 1968. Third printing. Paperback. 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!" A section of pages all loose from the binding but all are...
Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. 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!"
Phoenix, AZ: 2001. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 25 pgs, b&w photos. Includes blueprints for making your own drywasher as well as shortcuts and helpful hints that will speed you on your way to finding your first nugget in the desert.
Reno, NV: Goldstone Publishing, 2009. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 362 pgs, b&w photos and maps. Full of practical information designed to be the one prospecting book you will never outgrow.
Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Co., 1998. First edition. Paperback. 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...
Phoenix: Golden West, 2001. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 160 pgs, b&w photos. The facts, myths and legends of the Lost Dutchman Mine and the Superstition Mountains.
Published/Printed by the author, 1988. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 44 pgs, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Interesting compilation of symbols ans signs found on treasure maps, and their meanings.
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing, 1960. Reprint. Paperback. 8 x 11, 102 pgs, b&w photos and maps. History, lore, travel and much more. Foreword by Oscar Lewis.
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2005. Paperback. 6 x 9, 94 pgs, b&w photos. An informative guide for small scale miners in Washington state. Who, what, where, when, why and how to find, recover, refine and profite from gold while prospecting.
LaCrosse, WI: Specialty Publishing Company, 1985. First printing. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 110 pgs, b&w maps. A complete state map guide to lost, buried and sunken treasure. Previous owner's name and date written on cover.
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 152 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Previous owner's name and date on front cover. All about western stagecoaching plus true stories of stage drivers, shotgun guards and road agents, tales of holdups, posses, shoot-outs and...
Salem, OR: Delos Toole Gold books, 2007. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 140 pgs, b&w maps and illustrations. An epic journal of classic information about gold prospecting in Nevada.
