Exploring Washingtons Historic Ghost Towns & Mining Camps
Visiting the ageless Wild West boomtown mining days and striking it rich! Back in the glory days, gold was $21 per ounce; now, the price of gold is $1,641 per ounce. There was more gold left behind than was taken out. Today, its mainly a mother lode of memories; however, Jerry Smith states, Theres still gold in them-thar hills!
Just when you thought that striking-it-rich was impossible, comes a fresh, new updated and revised book transporting one back in time to the boomtown days of yesteryear. Bring back to life the ageless Old West mining-era of prosperous boomtowns, miners, prospectors, pioneers, desperados, and million-dollar gold and silver mines, all with one book. It is Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Washington StateExploring Washingtons Historic Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, ISBN: 9781598491203, paperback, and 8x10.
Boom Towns & Relic Hunters crew is composed of a diverse team including experts from specialties in GPS navigation, high-tech computerized metal detectors, gold recovery, adventure seekers, and cultural historians.
Along with his crew, Jerry shows you the way to some of Washingtons most picturesque, abandoned sites whose yesteryears were as colorful as they were lively.
Experience first-hand the excitement of historic ghost towns such as Gold Hill, Silver, Ruby, and Nighthawk. Go back to the legendary boot hill grave site of famed desperado Frank Watkins, and million-dollar mines like the Montana, First Thought located by Jerrys team of experts. Probe the secrets of these unprecedented time capsules as well as the clues they offer to extraordinary pioneer and mining days dating back over one-hundred years.
The chapter, information on Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting, is an added bonus. The chapter includes several pages on how to search out and locate long-lost valuable treasures from the past. In the literal sense of the word, arming one s self with a little knowledge about using a metal detector; one s research can actually lead to pay-dirt. So, as a reader, if you re not looking to strike it rich, but would like to visit those colorful Old West days and relive some of Northeastern Washington State s history, excitement is awaiting you in Jerry s New & Expanded Edition, Boom Towns & Relic Hunters Of Washington State-Exploring Washington s Historic Ghost Towns & Mining Camps.
Order your book today! This second New & Expanded Edition is filled with over 320 pages, which includes over 137 of Jerry s rare and historic photographs, 23 rare and one of a kind historic mining documents, complete with exact GPS locations, and 25 new adventure stories. In addition, the book makes a great self-guided ghost town reference book to carry in one s automobile while visiting this part of Washington State. For those planning a trip to Northeastern Washington State, the guide will provide advanced information for a greater appreciation of the historic sites one can experience upon arrival.
In addition, the book makes a great self-guided ghost town reference book to carry in ones automobile while visiting this part of Washington State. For those planning a trip to Northeastern Washington State, the guide will provide advanced information for a greater appreciation of the historic sites one can experience upon arrival.
Dont miss out! Order your book today!
You can order the book on-line from Amazon. Or order direct from Boom Towns & Relic Hunters and save. The total amount for (1) book, including shipping, handling, and sales tax is $38.95. Please include the address where you would like your book shipped. To place your order, please make personal check, cashier check, or money order payable to:
Boom Towns & Relic Hunters
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Black Diamond, WA. 98010
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Reviews:
Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Washington State by Washington State ghost town and historic site expert, Jerry Smith, showcases more than one hundred ghost town locations accessible to the traveler or tourist with a keen interest in relics of American history. Enhanced with a wealth of true stories, folklore tales, boom town stories, black-and-white photographs, and more, Boom Towns & Relic Hunters Of Washington State is a truly fascinating book to leaf through, offering both on-the-road and armchair travelers a window to the rougher, fiercer, Washington State of over a century ago.
James A. Cox,
Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
Jerry Smith spent his teen years fishing, hunting, camping, and searching the mining camps and ghost towns of Washington State, with his Father. He was always fascinated with Washingtons history, its miners, prospectors, pioneers, Native Americans - and the ghost towns, artifacts and relics they left behind.
In his book, Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Washington State, Smith takes the reader on a one-of-a-kind guided tour into the rugged mountains of Okanogan country. It is a thrilling account of Smiths successful quest to locate and document the states million-dollar gold mines, ghost towns and mining camps of yesteryear, as he brings them to life once more in the mind of his readers.
The book highlights the wild gold rush days in Northeastern Washington, from the 1860s-1897, and focuses on six historic mining counties: Okanogan; Stevens: Pend Oreille; Chelan; Kittitas; and Ferry. Smith uses historic and modern photographs, historic mining documents, personal letters, old miners catalogs and equipment lists, interviews, and personal observations to bring these locations to life.
Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Washington State, contains over a hundred detailed ghost town and gold mining camp locations, including GPS coordinates. Chapters include in-depth looks at the ghost towns of Northeastern Washington by County; short histories of the local Native American tribes and leaders; Boom Town stories; Historic Mines; Folklore and Treasure Legends; Tips on metal detecting and artifact collecting in ghost towns and mining camps; and the Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics.
Terry Soloman
Chief Operations Officer
Arizona Gold Adventures
www.arizonagoldadventures.com
