Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West [Paperback]

James Martin Monaco (Author), Jeannette Monaco (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2002

This unique guide directs you to a wide variety of both "fee and free" rockhounding and mineral adventures throughout the western states. Covers 100 collecting locations plus 153 museums, caves, points of interest, fairs and festivals. Digging locations include fee mines, gold prospecting areas, rock mineral and fossil collecting sites plus adventures and cave tours. Includes site information, hours of operation, costs, directions and maps, contact info, and tools and supplies needed. Excellent for anyone interested in rocks and minerals from the casual hobbyist to serious collectors to family vacationers

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Gem Guides Book Co; Revised edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889786187
• ISBN-13: 978-1889786186
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,900,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Detail, October 23, 2007

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Old Dave (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West (Paperback)

I liked the state histories but for a rockhound the book is not of much use. The book tries to cover too many states with too little actual information on each state. A good example would be Arizona. The book lists 14 sites for Arizona but only 4 are listed as diggings. Of that 4 only 2 are actual rockhound sites and the other 2 are fee panning at a tour. The other 10 of the 14 are Museums, caves, points of interest, and fairs and festivals.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should be named "museum guide", January 7, 2008

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M. E. Kennedy "Rock'nfossilite" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West (Paperback)

Some useful digging sites, but more information about museums, caves, fairs, etc. There are better books out there for the serious rockhound.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Finding Fee Mine Sites, February 15, 2010

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Edita M. Crick "Russell Crick" (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West (Paperback)

This book is supposed to be a comprehensive listing of fee mining sites in the western states. It isn't. This book misses many important sites, gives minimal information and in some cases is plain out of date. Disappointing in a book that claims to be up to date. I found more and better information on the internet. While some of the information in the appedicies were interesting it was not enought to justify the cost of this book. If you really want to find all the fee dig sites in the states concerned you would be better of searching with you favourite search engine or reading Rock & Gem Magazine. I do not recommend this book.