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A Warning About Mercury

One of my best friends ended up in the hospital with acute mercury poisoning after firing some gold amalgam outside. He knew better, but was trying to impress a relative from the East Coast.

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The Fortymile Goldfields


Having made nearly forty trips into this region over the years, the area has a tendency to draw the individual into its unique winding roads, which were once mining trails, where the creeks and rivers run to and fro across its twisted topography.

Traditional Adversaries Reach Agreement


The Stillwater Mining Company and three citizen watchdog groups have signed a 38-page accord that creates a new relationship between the traditional adversaries and could set an example for resource development decisions in the West.

Picks & Pans: Detecting in Kauai, Hawaii


Winter in Alaska! What is an Alaskan gold miner to do? Go somewhere warm to look for gold, that's what!

Benches and Fossil Placers


Unfortunately for us mortal humans, we have a poor perspective on geologic time. When we look at a landscape such as a stream valley, we see it only in two, or at the most, three dimensions. We have poor comprehension of the valley’s fourth and most important dimension—time.

Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part III


The higher the sensitivity setting, the louder and sharper the signal from a gold nugget or other metal target.

Drywashing and Detecting for Eluvial Placer Gold Research is the Key to Success—Part I


How many of you remember hearing or reading the phrase, “only a small percentage of the earth’s recoverable gold has been found?” This more aptly applies to large mining corporations having the means to develop and run large...

Melman on Gold & Silver


Long-term, the outlook remains very favorable—but the obvious and important question is when we might expect a solid bull market revival to take place.

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