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A Profitable Approach—Financing Mineral Exploration With Oil & Gas Projects
January 2006 by Leonard Melman
Not too many years ago, junior mining companies most frequently limited their activities to exploring and pre-developing their mining properties.Additional articles that might interest you...
The Bawl Mill
September 2003
• What's that smell?
• Third time is not a charm...
• As old as the hills...really
• "Governor Sure"
• $500,000 + a trip to Greece + one renovation = how many teaching jobs?
• What's that smell?
• Third time is not a charm...
• As old as the hills...really
• "Governor Sure"
• $500,000 + a trip to Greece + one renovation = how many teaching jobs?
Drywashing and Detecting for Gold
October 2010
It’s important to pay attention to where you dig, because just like any placer, the gold in dry placers is concentrated in certain spots. This is especially true when you are testing and trying to determine the potential of a placer area.
It’s important to pay attention to where you dig, because just like any placer, the gold in dry placers is concentrated in certain spots. This is especially true when you are testing and trying to determine the potential of a placer area.
Ask the Experts: gold per ton; improving assay method
May 2012
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
Company Notes
April 1999
• Cimarron Minerals Ltd.
• US Gold Corporation
• Homestake Mining Company
• Int'l. CanAlaska Resources Ltd.
• BHP World Minerals-San Francisco
• Cimarron Minerals Ltd.
• US Gold Corporation
• Homestake Mining Company
• Int'l. CanAlaska Resources Ltd.
• BHP World Minerals-San Francisco
Gold Prospecting on Sixmile River
May 2000
As part of the Hope-Sunrise Mining District, mining activity was at a frenzy in the area in 1902, when miners like Mr. S.W. Weible worked the gold rich gravels of Canyon Creek...and recovered $7,000 in gold dust.
As part of the Hope-Sunrise Mining District, mining activity was at a frenzy in the area in 1902, when miners like Mr. S.W. Weible worked the gold rich gravels of Canyon Creek...and recovered $7,000 in gold dust.
Prospecting for Diamonds
January 2013
Let’s take a look at diamonds and diamond mining and see how they form, how they are used beyond just jewelry, and what leads geologists to find diamond deposits.
Let’s take a look at diamonds and diamond mining and see how they form, how they are used beyond just jewelry, and what leads geologists to find diamond deposits.
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The Bawl Mill
• Rent, Lease, or Own Your Equipment
• Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part I Recognizing and Understanding Minerals
• The Grubstake Gulch Placers, Alaska
• The Lynx Creek Placers, Arizona
• Gemstones in Wyoming—Part II
• The Mexican Gold Belt
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices