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Additional Note Regarding "Strategic Metals—Part II"
January 2014 by Scott Harn
From the December 2013 issue:Pickers and Nuggets
Mike and I each selected a side of the creek and started to work our way upstream. We both worked the water and sides of the creek, and better than half the gold found in this area is in the water.
The Paradox Basin—Part II
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was created soon after the war. One of their first deeds was to pass the Energy Act of 1946. This, among other things, provided monetary incentives for nearly every stage of mine development and operation.
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Gold deposits and outer space
The Search for Specimen (Pocket) Gold in the California Mother Lode
Any good miner can drift along a vein to find concentrations of gold if it is there, using good eyes and panning.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Changes to influential House committees
• Supreme Court may review ESA
• Suit filed to block Kensington
• Exploration incentive proposed in Wyoming
• Montana bill LC1058
Ask the Experts: various mining courses
Q: What classes should one take if planning on majoring in mining engineering or geology?
Large Gold Deposit Types
It is not necessary to have a PhD in geology, but you need to know the basics, so that’s what I am going to try to dig into here—the understandable basics of these gigantic gold deposits.
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The Bawl Mill
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• Ask the Experts: Quartz rock and the chance of gold in my area of New Hampshire?
• Ask the Experts: Equipment and gold locations in Colorado
• Ask the Experts: Silent partners and mining—is it worth the risk?
• Sierra County Gold—Part II
• The Silver Islet Mountains of Utah
• Gold Placers of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Alternative Gold Leaching Methods
• Over the Divide
• Prospecting for Diamonds in Kimberlite
• Take a Kid Detecting
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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