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A Modern Day Prospector’s Story
March 2008 by Jonathan Porter
My first encounter with rocks and minerals started as a young child in the company of my siblings investigating the rocky mounds placed around the Australian coastline to help prevent erosion just north of Brisbane...
Blast From the Past - May 1961 Dedicated To The Stories Of Mining
March 2023Santa Cruz Beach, California MacLaughlin Mansion Linked To A $12,000,000 Feather River Gold Project
The Golden Surprise
The thing about large coil, deep ground, big nugget detecting is the mind set you have to implement, which is completely different to the assuredness of a nugget or two if you chase the smaller but more prolific weights.
Gary It's There
This year was a test. We had never done anything like this before, yet we grossed $30,000 in the short time we had to mine.
How to Stake Your Own Mining Claims—Part I
Many new prospectors start out prospecting in public areas and club claims, and this is perfectly fine, but the next step in the progression of becoming an experienced prospector is to locate and stake your own mining claims. Quit While You’re Goin’ Good
Then I came to a section of recently exposed gravel that looked unworked. Water seeped out all around, making the ground beneath a sea of slick mud.
Letter to the Editor
The Colorado River Indian Tribes wish to be given 16,000 acres in La Paz County, Arizona, that was at one time theirs...
The Coolgardie Gold Mining Camp of Southern California
The area was mined intermittently from around 1900 to 1915, but was also mined in the late 1800s, with a total output valued at about $100,000, which is around $9.5 million at the current gold price.
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?
• Ask The Experts — Could you please include the stock symbol in "Mining Stock Quotes"?
• Gryphon Gold and the Borealis Project
• Conducting Research To Find New Gold Deposits
• New Tax Considerations For Your Mining Business
• Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska
• The Carson City Mint
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
