Small Mining Operations
A New Method for Handling Stubborn Gravity Middlings
July 2016 by Gavin & Randy Clarkson

Good Research and Bad Luck

Care and Lubrication of a Model 13 Laboratory Wilfley Table

Legislative and Regulatory Update
- NEPA comments due
- Update on latest US Supreme Court suction gold dredging appeal
- Washington State tries to restrict suction gold dredging
Sampling for Success—Part II
The first and most important thing of the sampling process is to try to be as unbiased as possible. There is a natural tendency to select rock that looks the best—even unconsciously.
The “Chuck It Out” Nugget
This was no ordinary nugget. It had not traveled very far from its nearby source, and that did mean a lot, as we were searching for the source of several such nuggets found during a gold rush that occurred in 1859.
PLP and MMAC Update
Placer Channel Sampling

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