Conrey Dredge No. 4—Part II

December 2017 by Don Madore

These were the men who periodically picked up the gold amalgam from the tables and sluices in the dredge, processed it, and transported the gold ingots to the railroad express office in Alder. Their trustworthiness must have commanded a prominent wage.

The Giant King Mine

July 2014
Most gold-bearing veins in this region are controlled by fractures associated with the Melones Fault, a late Cretaceous structure that is 108 to 127 million years old.

Prospecting With The Help of Fluvial Geomorphology

March 2011
Quiz yourself about the stream in figure 5. Based on your previous knowledge of where gold is found in a stream and in this article, where do you think you will find the most gold?

ICMJ Visits Colfax, California

February 2023

The Gold, Silver and Base Metal Mines of Eureka, Nevada

April 2015
...the area around Eureka, Nevada is well mineralized and seems to have a bright potential for future production of all sorts of metals.

Blast from the Past: Jeff Casserly Tells His Own Story

June 2022

I have been finding nuggets all my life, beginning in Sierra County 50 years ago, and believe me they don’t pop up out of the ground like mushrooms when they see me coming and say, “Here I am and take me home.”

The Golden Days of Julian, California

October 2011
Some scattered reports say that gold may have been washed from streams here as early as the 1840s, but the undisputed major discovery came in 1870.

The Batteries Metal Rush

August 2018

There is a major change coming in the economy of the world and now is the time for prospectors and miners to grab a ticket and get on board.

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