Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
Map Legend 14
How to Use This Book 15
Rockhounding Sites
1 Priest Lake 19
2 Solo Creek 22
3 Pack River 24
4 Ruby Creek 26
5 Moyie River 28
6 Tungsten Hill 31
7 Leonia Knob 33
8 Clark Fork 36
9 Talache 39
10 Chloride Gulch 41
11 Vulcan Mine 44
12 Pine Creek 47
13 Crystal Gold Mine 50
14 Sierra Silver Mine Tour 53
15 Prichard Creek 55
16 St. Joe River 57
17 Big Carpenter Creek 60
18 Emerald Creek 63
19 Bechtel Mountain 65
20 Hoodoo Placers 67
21 Fossil Bowl 69
22 Mica Mountain 71
23 Freezeout Ridge 74
24 Crater Peak 78
25 Bathtub Mountain 80
26 Blackdome Peak 82
27 O'Donnell Creek 84
28 Orofino Creek 86
29 Pierce 89
30 Musselshell 91
31 Lolo Pass 93
32 Lower Clearwater 96
33 Selway River 98
34 Cottonwood 101
35 Elk City 103
36 White Bird 106
37 Slate Creek 108
38 Lucile 111
39 Salmon River 113
40 Ruby Rapids 116
41 Florence 119
42 Ruby Meadows 122
43 Crystal Mountain 125
44 Warren 127
45 Stibnite 130
46 Paddy Flat 135
47 Goose Creek 137
48 Big Creek 140
49 Mica Hill 142
50 Little Weiser River 144
51 Cuprum 146
52 Mineral 149
53 Fourth of July Creek 152
54 Weiser 154
55 Idaho City 157
56 Dismal Swamp 161
57 Graveyard Point 164
58 Sommer Camp Road 168
59 Opalene Gulch 170
60 McBride Creek 172
61 Coal Mine Basin 175
62 South Mountain 177
63 Cow Creek 179
64 Silver City 182
65 War Eagle Mountain 185
66 Reynolds Creek 187
67 Tinsdale Road 189
68 Bruneau River 192
69 Rabbit Springs 194
70 Clover Creek 196
71 Big Wood River 199
72 Cray Creek 202
73 Little Wood River 205
74 Cold Springs Creek 207
75 Muldoon Creek 210
76 Fish Creek Reservoir 212
77 Big Southern Butte 214
78 Arco Hills 217
79 Trail Creek 219
80 East Fork Salmon Paver 223
81 Bayhorse 226
82 Yankee Fork 228
83 Napias Creek 230
84 Meyers Cove 232
85 Morgan Creek 234
86 Challis 236
87 Leaton Gulch 239
88 Lemhi Pass 241
89 Spencer Opal Mines 244
90 Cinder Butte 247
91 Bitch Creek 249
92 Conant Creek 251
93 Caribou Mountain 253
94 Pelican Point 256
95 China Hat 258
96 Little Flat 260
97 Spence Gulch 262
98 Paris Canyon 265
99 St. Charles 267
Appendix A Websites 269
Appendix B Clubs 273
Appendix C Rock, Gem, and Prospecting Shops 275
Bibliography 277
Index 280
About the Author 285
