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A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part IV
December 2003 by Lawrence Dee
Trends are geologic situations in which the geological structure of an area is conducive to the deposition of minerals. These structures are generally fault systems that can be small and localized or can run for miles.
Online Mining Classes Now Available at Mackay
The University of Nevada, Reno Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Department of Mining Engineering has begun offering online courses for miners.
Melman on Gold & Silver
...we cannot help but wonder exactly how nation after nation, already massively in debt and presently burdened with monumental operating deficits, is going to come up with such largesse. We also wonder exactly how going ever-more deeply into debt is going to resolve a debt crisis.
Procuring Mine Owner Permission at a Mine Site
The first experience involved an overgrown gold mine operated during the 1880s. A razed mill adjoined the mine and could be glimpsed from the isolated public dirt road I was traveling.
Prospecting for Rare Earth Metals
Rare earth metals are critically important to many forms of modern technology, including most green energy saving applications, computers, televisions, and a number of military defense systems.
Annual Claim Filings Due
Melman on Gold & Silver
I believe this is a powder-keg waiting to explode down the road—with potentially devastating effects on society—but positive implications for gold and silver.
Want to Go to Australia?
Every year there are large nuggets found by the diligent, and occasionally by the lucky newbie.
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The Bawl Mill
• Searching for Placer Diamonds
• Lawsuit on Alleged Market Manipulation Continues
• Texas "Hill Country" Gold
• Picks & Pans: Detecting in Northern Nevada
• Miners Welcome Comments by Alaska Official
• Company Notes
• Spectacular Specimens Found in Northern Nevada
• New Life for the Suction Nozzle
• Oil Seeps in Arizona
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
