alright guys, so i live in the blue mountains area in Washington state and am looking for places to go crystal/gemstone hunting. but i'm having a hard time finding for places to go for hunting crystals that are close to me. it would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me find a place for me to go crystal/gemstone hunting.

The great scientist alfred wegener proposed that continents have moved, while other scientists such as t. c.chamberlin argued against wegener. wegener's ideas eventually won, and are now widely accepted, because: a) wegener's ideas were more beautiful, and so were favored by the intellectual elite. b) wegener's ideas did a better job of predicting the results of new observations and experiments. c) wegener's ideas appealed to dead white european males, whereas chamberlin's didn't. d) wegener's ideas appalled dead white european males, and we all know that in this politically correct era, dead white european males cannot get a fair shake. e) wegener won the nobel prize.