Information for recreational gold prospectors, rockhounds, gem collectors, and treasure hunters! Gold prospecting in the Rocky Mountains a golden opportunity to saddle up and take the family exploring! Go Rockhounding, hunt for rare gems and mineral specimens. Colorado diamonds and aquamarines! Treasure hunting stories of lost caches of gold and stolen treasure. Links to clubs, Jeep tours, outfitters, resorts, and campground information. Find the finest hotels and motels near where you are prospecting in the Rocky Mountains and book your rooms online!
North Jeffco Gem and Mineral Club - a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the Earth Sciences. Visitors are always welcome to our monthly meetings which are held the second Friday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Arvada Senior Recreation Center, 6842 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80003. Join us for presentations, field trips, socializing, and local shows.
Maps of the Past, Inc., has become THE destination for family genealogy, historians, geologists, treasure hunters, mineral prospectors and anyone else interested in historical maps. Our current library and archives with numbers reaching 10,000 offers maps from as early as the 16th Century, in categories including, but not limited to: US maps, State maps, County maps, Township maps, City maps, Plat maps or Landowner maps, Railroad maps, Civil War Battle maps, Mining maps, Colonial maps, USGS Topo maps, USCS Nautical Survey maps, River maps, Lewis and Clark maps, Panoramic or Bird's Eye View maps, Territory maps, Statehood maps, Political maps and charts, Census maps, Demographic maps, and Indian Territory maps, including maps of Europe. For the avid genealogist we specialize in one of a kind Land Ownership maps. This is the fulfillment of all dreams to locate an ancestors name on our remarkable list of real estate property maps. Approximately 1500 of these maps have been painstakingly restored, whereas. the remainder are being restored upon request. With access to hundreds of thousands of additional maps, most requests can be fulfilled for maps of areas with populations of 40,000 or more, including old world maps.