A Word from the Editor

July 2000 by Scott Harn

History of Oil in California

February 2001
Oil is a naturally occurring combustible fluid of organic origin that is commonly found in California and in many other parts of the world.

Can You Recognize Valuable Ores?

August 2016
The process of recognizing ores all starts with being able to recognize some basic minerals and knowing what hard rock ore looks like in the districts where you prospect.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2003
• Administration won't appeal latest ruling on Roadless Rule
• Improved forest management plan by year's end
• IBLA rules in favor of Cortez Gold Mine and BLM

Metal Detecting for Gold Within Andesite and Basaltic Volcanic Mining Districts

May 2006
Andesites and basalts are the most common volcanic rocks in the North American Cordillera. The andesites originated within the earth’s continental crust, while the basalts originated within the mantle.  According to the Plate Tectonic theory...

Red Lake, Ontario

March 2004
The mining and logging community of Red Lake, Ontario, population 5,000, is about 450 miles, as the crow flies, north of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Iowa Hill District

June 2012
For the last two years we’ve held a hands-on prospectors training session in the Iowa Hill district of California’s Mother Lode country as a part of our Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit event. Because of this, I thought it might be good to take a look at the history, geology and opportunities that the Iowa Hill district still offers to the individual prospector.

GOP Chairmen Ask Gore to Recuse Himself From Roadless Plan

July 2000
Vice President Al Gore should cease all participation in the Clinton administration's proposal to ban roads and other development in 43 million acres of roadless forests, two GOP committee chairmen say.

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