- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (/ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn/, ROOL TOL-keen; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
- The Hobbit (Wikipedia)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. The book is recognized as a classic in children’s literature and is one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 100 million copies sold.
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- Denny Mountain (mindat.org)
Denny Mountain is one of the better known mineral collecting localities in Washington state, containing a wide variety of attractive skarn minerals. It is the site of the original Denny Claims which followed the contact mineralization. Originally located by Artur Denny (one of the founders of Seattle) in 1869, it was the first recorded lode in the Snoqualmie Pass area. Most of the early work there was in search of economic quantities of Iron. The grade found was fairly high in places, but the impurities in the magnetite and hematite made it useless. Some chalcopyrite was also found but the quantity was insignificant for mining.