Putting Together A Small Free Gold Mill—Part II

June 2018 by Chris Ralph

There are many smaller old hard rock mines out there—more than you might think. There are some small hard rock properties that are even open to be claimed if one does the right amount of research to find them.

Trying Out the New Highbanker

February 2012
The 2011 gold season had finally got underway on the Middle Fork of the Feather River near Quincy, California. Cold weather and high water had pushed gold mining into mid-summer, but things were looking up.

Internet Forum Gold

February 2020

I made my way up past where I left off and the wash was going to end in about 100 feet. It was then I got a sweet signal.

A Golden Past

July 2021

My mining partner Keith McBride and I spent a week in May working on a twenty-nine man crew split up into six teams at a couple of “pay to mine” mining camps.

Detecting Nuggets—Overcoming New Challenges

September 2015
Depth is not an issue unless the site is thoroughly cleaned of shallow trash, and it is far easier to isolate and remove targets using a small coil in a target rich location.

Ask the Experts

November 2012
Heading for Australia to metal detect for gold. Tips? Suggestions?

Extracting & Smelting Your Gold

February 2013
Unfortunately, not all the gold that we prospectors find is pretty, or appealing to the eyes. They are not all nice, bright, shiny nuggets with lots of character that carry high collector value.

Detecting for Gold in Nevada

April 2014
Within a few minutes I got my first signal and dug out a small flake about three grains.

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