Michael Conway of the Arizona Geological Survey wrote after seeing today’s (Wednesday, May 27, 2009) article in the Arizona Daily Star about Arizona Gold Adventures’ prospecting tour business.

He offered a list of publications, available through a Web link, his organization has put together for people interested in gold prospecting. (You can also find a treasure chest of geological stuff at the agency’s home page, www.azgs.az.gov).

“Over the past eight months we received so many requests for information that we scanned some of our best gold literature, produced over the past 100 years, and made them available on the web,” Conway said.

“Since uploading the texts/maps in January 2009, PDF downloads of gold publications from our “Gold Prospecting” site have numbered nearly 15,000.

“When you get a minute check out our “Gold Prospecting” site at www.azgs.az.gov/minerals_gold.shtml

“It contains, among other publications, such Arizona gold classics as:
“Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona, reprinted 1981, E.D. Wilson.
(Bull 168)

“Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, revised 1967, E.D. Wilson, J.B.
Cunningham and G.M. Butler (Bull 137)

“Gold: Properties, Use, & Market Conditions, 1969, R.T. Moore (Bull 180)

“Exploration and Development of Small Mines, 1954, H.E. Krumlauf (Bull 164); Outdated but historical treatment of small mine development.

“Gold and Copper Deposits near Payson, Arizona, 1925, C. Lausen, E.D. Wilson, (Bull 120)

“The Copperstone Mine: Arizona’s New Gold Producer, 1988, J.E. Spencer and J.T. Duncan (AZGS Fieldnotes, v. 18, #2)

“USGS Finds Gold in the Silver Bell Mountains, 1988, J.E. Spencer and D.A. Sawyer (AZGS Fieldnotes, v. 18, #4)

“Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oatman and Katherine Districts Arizona.”