"They came to the Comstock Lode drawn by the promise instant wealth. It was the richest deposit of silver the world had known, and drifters and dreamers, builders and thieves, fought, worked, schemed, and died to extract it from the earth--or to profit from those who did. For Val Trevallion, a Cornish miner with trouble in his past, it was a chance to build a lasting future--and settle an old score. For Grita Redaway, a beautiful actress, it was a...

A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control for generations over the world's hi-tech sector. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy job at the Pentagon and thrown into the fray in Africa, a French Special Forces captain and his...

Explore over 50 caves, mines, sinks, and other underground odditites in Minnesota and South Dakota. Covers Minnesota iron mines and South Dakota gold mines.