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A Modern Gold Rush In Sudan
December 2009 by Chris Ralph
A couple of months ago, folks on the US and Aussie online gold forums started noticing that GP4500 detectors (Minelab’s top of the line gold unit) were selling used for prices significantly more than they cost new!Additional articles that might interest you...
The Red Point Mine
March 2009
This article is about the Red Point Mine, which was a buried intervolcanic channel and a very rich one.
This article is about the Red Point Mine, which was a buried intervolcanic channel and a very rich one.
Hillside Placers
July 2003
Hills and mountains that contain gold deposits will weather and erode over a long period of time, and the eroded material will move slowly downhill. Frost wedging and roots are two of several agents that can cause bedrock to be fractured and...
Hills and mountains that contain gold deposits will weather and erode over a long period of time, and the eroded material will move slowly downhill. Frost wedging and roots are two of several agents that can cause bedrock to be fractured and...
Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits -- Pt II
March 2017
Walking around the gulch and exploring the upper drainage, picking up different rocks and inspecting them with a good loop, and looking them up in a field guide of rocks and minerals of your region will help you understand how the gold got there.
Walking around the gulch and exploring the upper drainage, picking up different rocks and inspecting them with a good loop, and looking them up in a field guide of rocks and minerals of your region will help you understand how the gold got there.
Melman on Gold & Silver
June 2016
Another area of growing international concern for business and industry is the recent astonishing proliferation of new government regulations and laws. Despite the presumably good intentions behind these measures it is now becoming apparent that they are imposing true costs to our economic society. The sheer variety of these laws and regulations is mind-boggling.
Another area of growing international concern for business and industry is the recent astonishing proliferation of new government regulations and laws. Despite the presumably good intentions behind these measures it is now becoming apparent that they are imposing true costs to our economic society. The sheer variety of these laws and regulations is mind-boggling.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2009
• Environmentalists are missing a golden opportunity
• Special-use authorization not needed
• Environmentalists are missing a golden opportunity
• Special-use authorization not needed
BLM Proposed Rule Making Affects Mining Claims
October 1999
In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.
In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.
The Bawl Mill
May 2009
• Less pork but more fat...
• It all flows downstream...
• Promises, promises...
• Less pork but more fat...
• It all flows downstream...
• Promises, promises...
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