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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...
Diamond Fever
February 2000
In South Africa, a "gregory" is the term applied to a blunder of major proportion. James Gregory will forever be remembered in South African slang as the professor from Great Britain who made one heck of a "gregory."
In South Africa, a "gregory" is the term applied to a blunder of major proportion. James Gregory will forever be remembered in South African slang as the professor from Great Britain who made one heck of a "gregory."
Legislative and Regulatory Update
April 2017
• Bills introduced to stop federal management of greater sage grouse
• WOTUS under review
• Congressional Review Act
• Bills introduced to stop federal management of greater sage grouse
• WOTUS under review
• Congressional Review Act
The Bawl Mill
July 2010
• Insecurity issues?
• Seven experts...and a little bit of editing
• November can’t get here soon enough
• Insecurity issues?
• Seven experts...and a little bit of editing
• November can’t get here soon enough
Guest Editorial—Changing the Rules
May 2000
Increasing restrictions on use of public lands are causing a widening tear through the country's economic and social fabric.
Increasing restrictions on use of public lands are causing a widening tear through the country's economic and social fabric.
Exploring A Historic Lode Mine
August 2016
Climbing up the debris, I pointed my flashlight up a shaft ascending straight up as far as my light would shine. It was the stope of the pay shoot leading to the old tunnel above!
Climbing up the debris, I pointed my flashlight up a shaft ascending straight up as far as my light would shine. It was the stope of the pay shoot leading to the old tunnel above!
The Goldhill Mining District
October 2001
Following the initial discovery of gold in North Carolina in 1799 on the Reed Plantation in Cabarrus County, gold was found in about 1842 in Rowan County at a locality that soon acquired the name Gold Hill.
Following the initial discovery of gold in North Carolina in 1799 on the Reed Plantation in Cabarrus County, gold was found in about 1842 in Rowan County at a locality that soon acquired the name Gold Hill.
Hard Rock Milling: A Matter of Scale
April 2013
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.
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