Jon Kramer

California Underground

A Guide to Caves, Mines and Lava Tubes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

If you crave adventure - an off-the-beaten-path way to explore California - the answer is right in front of you. California Underground Adventures is an informative and entertaining guide to the state's best caves, mines and lava tubes. It includes complete site information, as well as details about each site's history and geology. Plus, the authors' tongue-in-cheek notes make this guidebook almost as fun to read as the caves are to explore!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Adventure Publications
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781591938712
• ISBN-10: 1591938716
• Artikelnr.: 53171039

Inhaltsangabe

Welcome to the Underworld
Caving vs. Spelunking
Using this Guide
Underground Basics
Leave No Trace
Safety Underground
How Caves Form
A Brief History of the California Underworld
Map of Sites
Sites
* Alabama Hills
* Black Chasm Cavern
* Boyden Cavern
* Bronson Cave
* California Cavern
* California State Mining and Mineral Museum
* Chumash Painted Cave
* Crystal Cave
* Dublin Gultch
* Eagle and High Peak Mine
* Empire Mine
* Eureka Mine
* Gold Cliff Mine
* Hall City Cave
* Hole-in-the-Wall
* Jot Dean Ice cave
* Lake Shasta Caverns
* Lava Beds National Monument
* Maggie Mine
* Mercer Caverns
* Mitchell Caverns
* Moaning Cavern
* Natural Bridges
* Packsaddle Cave
* Pinnacles National Monument
* Pluto's Cave
* Sixteen to One Mine
* Subway Cave
* Sunny Jim Sea Cave
* Sutter Gold Mine
References / Websites / Resources
Glossary
Index
About the Authors