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2006 US Gold Panning Championships
July 2006 by Staff
This year’s US Gold Panning Championships were held in Gold Bug Park, in Placerville, California. The competition site was set in the park’s pavilion among the trees and adjacent to the stream that runs through the park.Additional articles that might interest you...
Hands & Pans on the South Yuba River
June 2000
If you confess to being a recreational "hands-and-pans" mining enthusiast, chances are you do not hold your own valid mining claim. You also realize locating a stretch of stream or river to legitimately dip your gold pan into is as much work to find as those precious flecks of gold.
If you confess to being a recreational "hands-and-pans" mining enthusiast, chances are you do not hold your own valid mining claim. You also realize locating a stretch of stream or river to legitimately dip your gold pan into is as much work to find as those precious flecks of gold.
Who is a Qualified Person?
January 2012
So you think you have an ore deposit? The work has been long and hard, but there are a few drill holes, lots of samples and assays. The data is in a reliable computer and there may be a mine at the end of the tunnel. What is the likelihood of a profitable operation? Can you raise capital for development or exploration?
So you think you have an ore deposit? The work has been long and hard, but there are a few drill holes, lots of samples and assays. The data is in a reliable computer and there may be a mine at the end of the tunnel. What is the likelihood of a profitable operation? Can you raise capital for development or exploration?
Germany Developing Gold Vending Machine
July 2009
It’s a novel twist on the vending machine: in go the coins, out comes a nugget of gold.
It’s a novel twist on the vending machine: in go the coins, out comes a nugget of gold.
Looking Back
September 1999
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Hunch
February 2019
The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here, meaning no bold, favorable indicators.
Aussie Gold—A Look at the Northern Territory
May 2002
The Northern Territory has about six hundred proven gold deposits and has produced nearly 12 million ounces with a further 15 million ounces to be recovered. While the early hard rock miners were eventually blocked by water flows...
The Northern Territory has about six hundred proven gold deposits and has produced nearly 12 million ounces with a further 15 million ounces to be recovered. While the early hard rock miners were eventually blocked by water flows...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
May 2008
• Forest Service tries to further restrict mining
• Bills would set more lands off-limits
• Forest Service tries to further restrict mining
• Bills would set more lands off-limits
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The Bawl Mill
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• Montana Postpones Mining Rule
• Sydney Resource Corp. Ventures into Canada and Mexico
• The Treasure Detective
• The Small Hardrock Mill—Part I
• The Iditarod-Innoko Goldfields
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Agnico-Eagle to Open Gold Mine in Finland
