Gold near Baker, Calif, Providence Mtns, Mojave Desert, SCARCE report, sep map!

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Scarce 1st ed locates gold and silver mines
in Mojave Desert, near Baker, California
Providence Mountains have 467 mines — plus undiscovered deposits near Kelso, Cadiz, Ludlow, Essex, Amboy, Cima, Goffs
Report shows where gold and silver are just waiting to be mined!!!
T
his scarce first-edition report pinpoints
existing gold mines
and
untouched deposits
in the
Providence Mountains, near Baker, California
, in the Mojave Desert.
Detail of map shows location of some of the 162 mines that are described in this book.
Both existing and predicted deposits are plainly described in the text and even more plainly marked on the maps.
Report is hard to find
This first-edition is not easy to find. I have only seen one other copy ever offered on ebay.
This hefty 70-page report is considered primary source material. And the book itself is in beautiful, near-fine good condition, one of the best copies that I have seen. So buy it now or forever hold your peace; once it's gone, it's gone.
Shows
UNDISCOVERED
gold and silver deposits
Yes, you read that right: This report shows where gold and silver is still waiting to be mined. This report predicts that there is a moderate-to-high probability that large parts of the area STILL contain untapped and undiscovered lodes of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and tungsten! And this report plainly maps where those areas of high probability are (see map, below left).
Yes, this area is off the beaten path. But, hey, in this day and age, where did you expect to find such a large untapped reserve of gold and silver? Next to a fire pit on Huntington State Beach?
So you have to drive a few four-wheel-roads and hike a bit. No big deal, especially since this area is one of the most spectacularly scenic in all of California, if not in all of the United States. (For a better idea of the area's location and features, see the "where is it" section and the map near the end of this ad.)
No one for miles around
And many of these mines are on BLM or public land and COMPLETELY open to exploring and prospecting. They are MILES from any population center, so there's no one to bother you no matter what you do (we are NOT condoning anything illegal). No fences, no no-trespassing signs, no barking dogs.
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It is EXTREMELY likely that much gold and silver is still waiting to be extracted by some guy who decided to dig when everyone else sits around, drinks beer and says, "It can't be done."
And if prospecting for undiscovered gold isn't your thing, the report pinpoints plenty of existing mining properties: This 63,000-acre section of high desert contains 467 mine workings, grouped into 162 properties. Twelve mines
alone
in this area produced 6,425 tons of ore containing 300 ounces of gold, 92,000 ounces of silver and 25,000 pounds of copper.
Where is it?
As any fan of the East Mojave Preserve knows, the Providence Mountains are one of this desert wonderland's most spectacular features. They are about 35 miles southeast of Baker, CA.
The Providence Mountains State Recreation area (which includes Mitchell Caverns and Hole in the Wall Campground) abuts the area's southern boundary. The study area is north of Foshay Pass, east of the tiny town of Kelso (next to a section of Union Pacific Railroad connecting Las Vegas and Los Angeles). It is also south of Macedonia and Wild Horse Canyons and includes much of the Colton Hills west of Black Canyon Road.
The area is chiefly unpopulated desert wilderness, but it is accessible by nearby well-maintained dirt and paved roads. Sites of interest in or very near this area include Vulcan mine and its gigantic open pit, Devils Playground, Kelso Dunes, Clipper Valley, Cornfield Spring, Rock Spring Mining District, Trojan Mining District, Macedonia mine, Bonanza King (with its miles of undeground workings), Providence ghost town and literally 100s of prospects and mines, 162 of which are detailed in this report. (For a better idea of the area's location and features, see the map near the end of this ad.)
High-tech methods used
The authors of this report didn't just stumble off into the desert and pick these locations with divining rods or by banging on a few rocks. The authors are all noted geologists with the U. S. Geological Survey and U. S. Bureau of Mines, who used some of the most cutting-edge high-tech methods for locating mineral deposits: aeromagnetic and gravity studies, geochemical analysis, and electrical geophysical data. Not to worry, though. The report isn't indecipherable geo-babble. The easy-to-use maps show areas of high-and-medium mineral potential in different colors (see map detail below); red has the highest potential.
Tiny detail of large color map from pocket shows areas that have high probability of gold and silver deposits.
Rates areas with highest mineral potential
The maps also pinpoint all known mines (see scan, top right). Numbers are keyed to mine names and locations in the book. Some locations are given using
infallible
range-and-
township coordinates
. Just plug 'em into your GPS or look 'em up on the appropriate topo, and you're there! Just the thing for history buffs, bottle collectors, photographers, geologists, hikers, offroaders, rockhounds, prospectors — just about anyone interested in exploring or learning about old mine sites in the historic Providence Mountains, amid some of the Mojave Desert's most spectacular scenery.
Stock certificates
Because this report also lists different names for the same mine, it is also a valuable tool for collectors of stock certificates. Some mine descriptions contain brief histories of the mines in question.
A few of the 162 mines and prospects covered include the:
Famous Bonanza King mine
— the largest mine by far in the Providence Mountains, with 20,000 feet (!) of underground workings to a depth of 800 feet. Produced ,000 a month in lead and silver from 0-a-ton ore for a total of .8 million in the 1880s.
Silver Buddy prospect
— ". . . Significant values suggest the property merits additonal investigation for silver and gold . . ." Includes two inclined shafts and five pits.
Fremont–Easy Street prospect
— "erratic but significant assay values indicate this property should be studied in detail to determine whether vein-type gold, silver and lead are present."
Blue Jay No. 1 prospect
— two adits, two flooded shafts and two inclined shafts: "Although sample analyses are generally low, the presence of detectable gold . . . indicates property merits additional investigation."
Green Scorpion prospect
— "several high gold assay values indicate property merits additional investigation."
Another 152 prospects
, large and small, famous and forgotten, barren and rich, many of them containing gold and silver.
To see just how much real estate this report covers, see the last scan at bottom of this ad. Interestingly, roads in the Providence Mountains are plainly marked on the Auto Club of Southern California San Bernardino County road map, so the road map can be used to correlate exact mileages to mines and other geologic features on the maps from this book.
The book:
Mineral Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino, California
, Bulletin 1712-D, hard to find, first edition, 1988, first and only printing,
by Richard J. Goldfarb, David M. Miller, Robert W. Simpson and Donald B. Hoover (U. S. Geological Survey) and Phillip R. Moyle, Jerry E. Olson and Richard S. Gaps (U.S. Bureau of Mines), Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 70 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches. Stapled binding, stiff paper covers. One map folded in pocket. Everything is in near-new excellent condition.
As always, I am
extremely
conservative about rating book condition and very detailed in listing any potential flaw, no matter how slight. You get what you pay for. Look elsewhere on ebay, if you want a trashed book — filled with scribbled notes, dog-eared pages and underlined passages that the seller just "somehow forgot" to tell you about in his ad.
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Good luck and thanks for looking!
Detail of map from book shows location of Providence Mountains study area in relation to Granite Mountains, Kelbaker Road, Essex Road, Kelso Dunes, Devils Playground, Black Canyon Road, Cornfield Spring, Tough Nut Spring, Kelso-Cima Road, Mt. Edgar, Blair Ranch, Fountain Peak and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Nearest population centers
Although some are many miles from the area in question, nearest population centers are Baker, Cadiz, Ludlow, Essex, Amboy, Halloran Springs, Cima and Goffs. San Bernardino County is in Southern California and borders Nevada to the east. Adjacent counties are Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Kern and Inyo. Nearby counties include Mono, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego and Imperial.
Other San Bernardino County cities and towns (besides the ones previously mentioned in this ad) include: Adelanto, Alta Loma, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Bloomington, Chino, Cima, Colton, Cucamonga, Coso Olancha Village, Essex, Etiwanda, Fontana, Forest Falls, George Air Force Base, Grand Terrace, Havasu Landing, Helendale, Hesperia, Highland, Hinkley, Lake Arrowhead, Geology Hills, Death Valley Acres, Panamint Cove, Loma Linda, Lucerne Valley, Mentone, Montclair, Morongo Valley, Mountain Pass, Mt. Baldy, Needles, Ontario, Oro Grande, Parker Dam, Phelan, Pinon Hills, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, Upland, Victorville, 29 Palms, Fort Irwin, Needles, Shoshone, Yermo, and Yucca Valley.
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