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A Few Prospecting Notes From Jim Straight
November 2002 by Jim Straight
The article that appeared in the October 2002 Issue of ICMJ, “Confessions of a Professional Nuggetshooter,” by Lunk, is an example of how to use a “deep-seeking-type” metal detector to lay down a grid pattern to “mine” eluvial placer gold after prospecting and finding the first nugget as the locus.Additional articles that might interest you...
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Gold From Cemented Gravels
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The truth is that cemented gravels are really not all that complex. There is no mystery of how gold grew there or somehow wormed its way into these solid gravels.
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2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
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The six inductees are Georgius Agricola, David William Brunton, Herbert E. Goodman, David Ray Mitchell and Robert Peele.
The six inductees are Georgius Agricola, David William Brunton, Herbert E. Goodman, David Ray Mitchell and Robert Peele.
New Prospecting Guides Available Online
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Every year prospectors and rock hounds search Wyoming for gold, gemstones and other attractive rocks and minerals; the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has now made this hunt easier.
Every year prospectors and rock hounds search Wyoming for gold, gemstones and other attractive rocks and minerals; the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has now made this hunt easier.
Ask The Experts
March 2015
Q: Is this gold or some other metal?
Q: Is this gold or some other metal?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Bill to address RS 2477
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• Bill to address RS 2477
• Roadless Rule update
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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The Bawl Mill
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• Working the Belmont Mine, Butte, Montana—1953 (Part 2)
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• Mojave Desert Gold
• Miner Unhappy After Judge Dismisses Charges
• Picks & Pans: Fig Tree, Grape Vine and Good Gold
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• Melman on Gold & Silver
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