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A Working Arrastra
April 2004 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray
If everything you see, the men, the animals, the crude mechanism that grinds gold from rock, everything around you, looks to be from centuries ago, if the mysterious sound you hear is pure history and the smell around you is primitive, if the earth beneath your feet quivers with untold strangeness; and, the taste in your mouth sweeps time out of mind then, if all of this happens at once, if every one of your five senses has taken you into the past, then you’ve traveled back in time.Piggin' for Gold
Take a look at the picture—it’s pretty simple and you can build it yourself.
The Bawl Mill
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• Biting the hand that feeds you...
• A very seedy business...
• Better cash in some gold if you’re a football fan...
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Picks & Pans: Nuggets by the Dozen in Alaska
Jeff Reed may be Alaska’s top nugget hunter, or maybe he’s one of many. He doesn’t get skunked too often. In the past two years, he’s estimated he’s found about 3,000 gold nuggets primarily at the...
The American Hill Mine
In the high country of the Tahoe National Forest is 160 acres of a patented mining claim dating back to its origin around 1853. This is well above the historic mining town of Michigan Bluff and past Deadwood—an old mining town...
How to Melt Your Own Gold
There are good and bad ways to melt gold. In this article, we’ll take a look at the right way to melt gold without losing any of the valuable metal.
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The Bawl Mill
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• Wyoming—A Land That Time (And Explorationists) Forgot
• Two Arrested in Alleged Mining Investment Scheme
• Wall-Rock Alteration
• Melman Reports From PDAC—News About India, China, and a Potential Shortage of Nickel
• Picks & Pans: Family's Identity Forged Working Nevada's Gold
• Researching Suitable Areas to Detect for Free-Milling Gold
• Training Videos From NIOSH
• The Golden Highway—Amador County
• Prospectores Unite in Washington State
• Flexible Circuits Possible From Gold Wire
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
