Secrets Of the Earth

The next day dawned cool and crystal clear, the lingering rains now swept away by a perfect day. We started well before lunch with Dave sporting more research on the location and a much better photo from Google Earth. His plan? He wanted to try coming at the mine from a whole 'nother direction, this time further North. He had seen the mine on Google Earth and felt we had been close to it the day before, but that there looked to be better roads coming in from the other side. So we drove along...Read Full Story

Earth Hour  is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) , held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change . Based on an idea successfully executed in Thailand in 2005, it was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Hearld  in 2007 and achieved worldwide participation in 2008. Earth...Read Full Story

Happy Earth Day people! The other day, since they no longer make quality programs like Seinfeld and the Cosby Show, and network TV is filled with terrible shows like American Idol, Dancing Shows , and the god awful Deal or No Deal … (I hate deal or no deal… seriously people, it is a random guessing game, no skill required, why are contestants so cheery? guy from Bobby’s World = not funny, jeopardy = money, Deal or No deal = hurting) I now have grown quite fond of the History Channel and...Read Full Story

How big do you think this nugget of gold is that Dave found in the river recently? He sent this picture out to a friend of his who was impressed by how HUGE it was. The San Diego area is not known to have many large gold nuggets, unlike the rainier regions further north. Whereas Dave insisted his nugget was really quite small and not much to look at. Confusion reigned until Dave's friend was finally told that the black 'plate' that the nugget is sitting in is not a plate at all, but is in...Read Full Story

Does this rock contain gold? A friend of a friend of my car mechanic owns an old gold mine. Apparently, he is interested in having someone come and look at his property to find some likely spots for excavation. In exchange, we will get to keep any gold that we find! This location was supposedly once a very good gold producing location long ago. I was given this sample rock from the area, which I showed to Dave for analysis. In this rock, Dave sees lots of white quartz with iron staining, and...Read Full Story