Hello:

I am a mechanical engineer and US Patent Agent by weekday, but I have long had an interest in extraction and refining industries, the history of the American West, industrial inventions, development, and progress, and am outgrowing some hobbies and looking into new activities.

I built a copy of Dave Gingery's charcoal foundry and had fun making metal castings, and right upstream from that hobby is mining and refining. I'm not young and not in the best physical shape, but let's give it a whirl, meet new people, get outside and enjoy the outdoors, re-live a proud and noble piece of this nation's history and culture, and see all what happens!

- G