1999 Tables of Content

December 1999 by Staff

Ganes Creek Hits 10 Years—Part I

May 2012
Find huge gold nuggets with your metal detector! That has been the promise, and for a lucky group of detectorists in the Ganes Creek “Pound Club” the reality of finding gold at Ganes Creek, Alaska.

Oldest Journal Contest - The Winners

February 2009
We received entries from readers in fourteen states for our contest to find out who has the oldest surviving copy of the Journal, originally named the California Mining Journal..

Permafrost Tunnel Shows Cross-sections of Past

June 2000
A few miles north of Fairbanks stands what looks like a shack pushed back against a hill. Behind its front door dwells a distant past when saber-toothed tigers, mastodons and even camels roamed Alaska's Interior.

Gold Deposits of the Ivory Coast

April 2014
Ivory Coast has considerable gold reserves, and this nation has the largest area of greenstone belts prospective for gold in the continent.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

August 2014
• No Adventure Pass needed
• Supreme Court of Canada rules on aboriginal title claims
• No agreement reached in suction gold dredge permitting case

Secrets of Successful Prospecting

April 2019

Winter is the time for research, and if you haven’t already done some research to find new places to prospect, now is the time to cram in some last minute research before the good weather arrives.

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 2002
The world remains a fascinating place to watch, for it seems that just when some of the most serious problems appear to be on their way to resolution, a whole new collection crops up. We appear to have been in just that type of environment this past month.

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The Bawl Mill   • Over the Divide   • Our Readers Say   • Desert Phone Trashed   • ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999   • Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ   • Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy   • The Search Continues   • Guest Editorial: U.S. Government—Like Nobody's Business   • Circulation and Collections Manager Leaving ICMJ   • Company Notes   • House Chair Requests Records on Forest Decision   • BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land   • Silverton Preserving Lofty Symbol of Mining Era   • Hijackers Make Off With 660 Pounds of Gold   • Prospecting With a Magnetometer   • Lighting the Way Underground 1860-1940s   • Millie's Tailings   • Picks & Pans: Crevicing & Sniping for Placer Gold   • Looking Back   • Gold in Sonora   • Forest Service Boss Quits in Bull Trout Flap   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • European Gold Miners Seek Clarification Letter   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices   • Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite

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