1999 Tables of Content

December 1999 by Staff

Miners Attend Meeting in Myrtle Point, Oregon

July 2000
It was "standing room only" as a crowd of approximately 50 interested miners attended a meeting hosted by the Powers Ranger District and Forest Service personnel from the Siskiyou National Forest.

Gold

January 2000
Excerpted from the U.S. Geological Survey's 1998 Annual Review by Earle B. Amey, Gold Commodity Specialist.

Basic Drywashing Principles

August 2001
Within the arid desert regions of the American Southwest and Western Australia, drywashers have proven to be a simple and inexpensive method for concentrating placer gold. Drywashers are not limited to desert operations...

Eolian Gold Deposits

February 2014
Prospectors who specialize in electronic detecting for nuggets in desert areas are especially interested in this type of deposit, as it yields nuggets that are close to the surface of the ground...

The Rich Hill Outing

April 2006
Out in the western gold country, the traffic of electronic prospectors on the hills appears to be increasing at a rapid rate. While a lot of factors are contributing to this, probably the biggest force attracting these new folks is the continuing...

The Bawl Mill

April 1999
• Do you suppose they're looking for more than pizza?...
• Ouch, that bite hurts!...
• "Don't do as I do—do as I say," seems to be the attitude of the IRS"

Teenager Finds Large Nugget

September 2008
Fourteen-year-old Jacob Hopkins and his father Mike headed out like they do most weekends, to do a little fishing and hunt for gold.

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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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