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Bill Rich
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Bill became a rock hound when he was six years old. He has a degree in natural resources management from Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado. He also attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins for advanced instruction in geology. Bill also has a fine arts degree in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in California.
Bill has worked for major mining companies doing historical Inventories and documentation of mine and mill sites, and for the US Geological Survey and other government agencies in major research projects.
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 Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle
 This is a story of a bit of our earth, carved by lines of longitude and latitude. There is a deep mystery in this land. The naked mountains speak of long ages of thrusting and rifting—of uplift and erosion. These riddles in the rock defy explanation.
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August 2007 (Vol. 76, No. 12) |
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Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part II
 In the northwest section of the Kingman Quadrangle, the Kingston Range rises out of the alluvium of the Pahrump and Mesquite valleys. Kingston Peak, rising to an altitude of 7,320 feet, towers high above its foothills.
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September 2007 (Vol. 77, No. 1) |
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Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part III
 The sun is teasing the horizon in the heart of the Mojave. Soon, the exciting nightlife will end as the lizards and desert rats return to their homes.
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October 2007 (Vol. 77, No. 2) |
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Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part IV
 The lands that lie within the Arizona section of the Kingman Quadrangle are by far the most populated. Kingman and Bullhead City are the largest towns in the area, having a combined population of about 58,000 people.
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November 2007 (Vol. 77, No. 3) |
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