David Schey has a passion for exploring old mines, mills, and ghost towns in the American Southwest.  His background includes a master’s degree in geology from the University of Minnesota and eight years experience as a minerals exploration geologist, working mostly in the southwestern United States.  As a geologist, he has visited and evaluated the mineral potential of several underground mines in Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada.  In the early 1980s, David helped develop a gold property in South Carolina that later went into production.

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