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Historical Post Offices
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An official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and distributing mail and other postal material.
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Please keep in mind
The listings of the Historical Post Offices, and other Historical Features are for informational purposes only and should NOT be considered a grant or permission to Trespass, Metal Detect, Relic or Treasure Hunt at any of the listed Features.
If your plans are to locate sites for metal detecting or relic hunting.
If your plans are to locate sites for metal detecting or relic hunting. It is your responsibility to obtain written permission from the legal property owners. Please be advised, that any state or nationally ownedfeatures will probably be off-limits to metal detector use. Also be aware of any federal, state or local laws restricting the same.
When you are exploring the Historical Post Offices, please abide by the Ghost Towner's Code of Ethics
Government and Organization Directories
Club Directories, Agencies, Resources, Associations & Organizations
Prospecting Information
Bill and Linda's Prospecting Page | ICJM Prospecting and Mining | Prospectors Paradise
Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting Information Sites
49’er Metal Detectors | Arizonia Gold Prospectors | Arizonia Outback
Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting News, Blogs and Stories
Go Metal Detecting | Have Detector Will Travel | Metal Detecting World | Treasure Hunting
Metal Detector Manufacturers
Accurate Locators | Bounty Hunter | Detector Pro | Electroscopes | Falcon Metal Detectors | Fisher Labs
Garrett | Imaging Locators | Minelab | Teknetics | Tesoro | Troy | Whites Electronics
Maps / Topo (topographic) maps
Geo Communicator | Terra Server
Gold Maps | My Topo Maps | National Geograpic | Northwest Distributers, Inc. | Topo Maps USGS | Topo Zone
GPS - Global Positioning System
Bushnell | DeLorme | Garmin | Lowrance | Magellan | SPOT | TomTom
Code of Ethics
Ghost Towners | Metal Detecors | Rockhounding | Treasure Hunting
Field Hazards
eNature: Your Guide to America's Wildlife | American Mushrooms
Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Information Center | Weather Forecast
Weights and Measures
Gold in Quartz Formula | Specific Gravity and Hardness of Gemstones | Temperature Conversions
Specific Gravity and Hardness of Common Minerals | Troy Weight Conversion Chart for Gold
Weights a Measure of your Success | Weights, Measures and Conversion Factors
Fraction Decimals and Millimeters | Weight and Measures
Land and Mining Laws
1872 Mining Laws | Abandoned Mine Land Fund Reauthorization pdf | BLM Mining Laws
Hardrock Mining pdf | Hardrock Mining the 1872 Law | Mining in National Parks and Wilderness Areas
Mining Law Reform the Impact of a Royalty | Mining on Federal Lands
Mining on Federal Lands Hardrock Minerals pdf | New World Gold Mine and Yellowstone National Park
New World Gold Mine Near Yellowstone | Orderly Closure of the Bureau of Mines | The Mining Law Millsite Debate
The Rural Abandoned Mine Program - A Fact Sheet | The US Bureau of Mines Funding FY1996
Gold Articles
Death Valley 49er Trails | Finding More Gold | Francis Marion Shady Myrick Death Valley Gem Prospector
Gold Mining in the United States | Gold Prospecting Basics | Gold Rush Cache Discovered Death Valley
History of Gold | Hydraulic Mines Operating in Oregon During 1932 | Prospecting for Gold in the United States
Prospecting Tips and Tricks | Research | Separate Gold from Concentrates | Snipe for Gold
The Gold Pan and How to use it | The Techniques of Gold Mining | Use a Sluice to Recover Gold
Welcome Stranger | What is Gold | Gold The Metal | Identifying Gold | Properties of Gold
Gold Rush Articles
1804 Virginia Gold Mining | 1829 Georgia Gold Rush | 1848 California Gold Rush | 1850 Australian Gold Rushes
1850 Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 1851 Ballarat Australia Gold Rush | 1858 Pikes Peak Gold Rush
1860 Central Otago Gold Rush | 1860 Holcomb Valley Gold Rush | 1880 Witwatersrand Gold Rush
1890 Klondike Gold Rush | Gold Rushes