CabinHouse TradingPost was created in March of 2004 as a means to provide the jewelry and
the by-products of the owner's hobbies and interests to a public market. The goal has been to offer a line of products of different varieties, such as would be seen in a "tradingpost". The mission is to establish a good business reputation in the market arena, building a business relationship with satisfied customers, whether through a one-time transaction or multiple transactions. To evolve, expand, and grow as demand dictates!

The goals and mission have not changed, but the products and services have evolved since the store's founding.  CabinHouse TradingPost has evolved into a "Tradingpost and Rock Shop" store. We have a current inventory of quality stone rough for the cabbing and faceting enthusiast. A search has begun to build a collection of "rare and exotic" mineral specimens. You will be able to find and obtain cabochons for jewelry settings, which will be considered "the best of the exotic". We will be continually building a supply of quality and exotic "slabs" for the cabochon cutter.  We are now beginning to offer lapidary supplies and equipment.  You will find wholesale, distribution, and retail prices throughout our product inventory. More and more stone rough is being obtained as "mine direct".  You will always find some of the best of mineral specimens, rough for the cabochon, gemstone, and carving cutter, as well as jewelry, fossils, collectables, and antique glassware such as depression glass and carnival glass.  Some of these items may be found on our "eBay Store".

                           
We are located in the area of Ward, Colorado, just under 9000 feet!  Beautiful view; trout fishing, hunting, skiing, and camping at it's best!
Visitors are always welcome!  Contact Us for time and location!

In the environment of ecommerce, no one should feel uncertainty about purchasing and sales transactions.  CabinHouse TradingPost will always
strive to fulfill the customers needs, whether in purchasing security, identity security, money transactions, timely delivery, and whenever needed,
prompt refunds. Remember, your return as a customer and your satisfaction with your purchases is the primary goal!  (Please see "Store Policies").

A Brief Introduction!

Mission and Purpose
Our mission at CabinHouse TradingPost is to supply our customers, through supportive sales, with the best lapidary and collecting products available to us at the best possible price!  To achieve this mission, it is our goal to acquire and develop the "Best Product", at the "Best Price", along with the "Best Service" for our customers.  The purpose of CabinHouse TradingPost is to steadily grow and develop into a key retail supplier of Cabbing Rough, Facet Rough, Cabochons, Rock and Mineral Specimens, Fossils, Lapidary Equipment and Supplies, and more, thus becoming the business our customers can count on!

Our customers include the Lapidary Hobbyist, the Lapidary Professional, the Jewelry Artist, and the Collector.  We will attempt to provide new materials as well as continue to offer many of the "staples" of the lapidary community.  Afghanistan Lapis, African Tiger Eye, Dominican Republic Larimar, California Jade, Yukon Jade, Australian (Greenstone) Jade, Turquoise, Obsidian, Transvaal Jade, Agate, Jasper, Opalite, Sunstone, and Variquoise are just a few of the lapidary rough and slab materials always available.  Some items such as Lapis, Tanzania Sunstone, Variquoise, Copper Ore, Exotica Jasper, Howlite, Obsidian and Agate Geodes and Agate Nodules can be obtained in convenient, sized parcels.  We now provide "Lapidary Tips" and information on cutting cabochons and tumbling for the "beginner" hobbyist on our "Lapidary Equipment, Supplies, and Tips" page.  We are always available via email or telephone for your inquiries and requests for information by Contacting CabinHouse TradingPost!

Affiliations
Joint ventures with associates in the trade as well as key "business connections" are keeping us busy discovering and acquiring rare and new materials for the Jewelry Artist, Cutter, and Collector.  An "affiliation" has been developed with "Legendary Jade and Stone" of Gold Hill, Colorado, and "Australian Greenstone" of Tumbulgum, New South Wales, Australia, to bring to the online market, premium Nephrite Jade from the Yukon Territories of upper British Columbia and Eastern Australia mining regions.  See the "Mining and Exploration" page for pictures and more information.

Nevada Exploration and Prospecting
Our Nevada prospecting ventures bring to the market such minerals as "Blue Sage Gem Opal Chrysocolla", a beautiful and rare "green opal" material from our prospects.  The cabochons produced from this material are considered "high-end"!.  Agatized "Opalite" is an exquisitely colored material, which when "tumble polished" will produce some great wire wrapping stones!  Cabochons of exquisite beauty can also be produced; larger pieces for cutting are limited.  Opalite will make great tumbling rough for the hobbyist or the wire wrapping jewelry maker.  Other materials from Nevada include the exquisite "Desert Harvest Jasper", "Red Canyon Jasper", "Rose Creek Conglomerate Jasper" and more.  Nevada is a "treasure grove" of rocks and minerals for the hobbyist as well as the professional cutter, cabber, and collector.

Thanks for visiting and return often!

Gary Godfrey
Owner - CabinHouse TradingPost

History and Humble Beginnings!

When I first became interested in "rocks" and "minerals", I bought some prospecting supplies and hit the Arkansas River outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.  But soon I began to discover more than gold in my sluice box.  Next I set up my little workshop outside of my residence in a tiny building with a few, modest things.  Enjoying this space in the evenings I had free, I began to grow and develop.  Now I fill three rooms of my house, a porch, and a storage area with rocks, minerals, fossils, lapidary equipment, packaging supplies, and much, much more.  Now I do not have time for anything new anymore.

I am a very, very busy person these days.  Currently, I hold a full-time position as the "Operations Director" for a Christian Conference Center, Retreat, and Summer Camp known as Glacier View Ranch.  As a salaried worker in the ministry field for the Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, an average of 50 to 60 hours a week may easily be devoted depending upon the season.  Because of my love for prospecting, mineralogy, geology, and business, the CabinHouse TradingPost venture has been my passion "outside of my primary work".  Thus, being slow to post new listings, information, pages, updates, and more is a genuine excuse.  I devote time to the study of Tai Chi and Qigong for martial applications.  I am currently involved with the study of the Chinese language.

My goal is simple.  I will officially retire in 2019.  I currently am planning to take early retirement by 2013.  By then I feel very confident that the CabinHouse TradingPost business will be flourishing well.  But I have not forgotten that it is and will be due to you, my customer.  I love the rocks, the minerals, the opportunities to travel and get outdoors in search of "hidden treasures" of the earth.  I love the business and the interaction with my customers.  I also love my work in the ministry of camping for kids and adults.  Even when I retire from the official workplace of ministry, the lay ministry which lies before me will never cease.  I will take it right into every arena I venture into or pursue.  I also feel compelled to take a venture to China, exploring the culture as a sort of "sabbatical" or "intermission" from the workforce into my retirement world.

I also have and extensive background working with horses.  Having run camp programs, trail ride stables, having been a high-country outfitter, I am also a retired jockey.  I began riding races at the early age of nineteen, having worked in racing stables during high school.  My racing career was fragmented by events such as marriage, divorce, and a yearning to travel the country using my thumb as a guide.  I have worked cattle ranches in Nevada.  Returning to my racing career as a jockey in 1992, I was somewhat successful until 1995.  But after re-establishing my faith in God, and returning to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, I discovered that being a "Sabbath Keeper" in the world of horse racing is next to impossible.  So my choice was my faith and my belief.  As far as my Sabbath involvements with the CabinHouse TradingPost business, it is kept to a minimum.  I currently do not rely upon the rock business for my livelihood.  If you have any questions concerning my Sabbath beliefs and convictions I would love to try and answer them.

So this is "me" in a nutshell.  So whenever you return to the store for another visit and you do not see many changes, be patient.  Even with very busy people change will come, it always has!

Gary Godfrey