Marysvale Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Gold Prospecting This unique guide directs you

This unique guide directs you to a wide variety of both "fee and free" rockhounding and mineral adventures throughout the western states

and many of us have heard the howls of a coyote pack somewhere just beyond our sight

Doug Evans

and other illustrations- more than 200 new to this edition-the book is a fine primer in geological science for readers who wish to understand the course of the Earth's evolution

+ 261 photographs

Marysvale Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Gold Prospecting This unique guide directs youThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes