How To
Alternative Gold Leaching Methods
January 2014 by Chris Ralph
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The Subsurface Suction Dredge
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Dry Washer, Wet System or Metal Detector?
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Determining the Amount of Gold in Rich Ores
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How to Refine Silver—Pt I
Silver refining has been used from ancient times to change the characteristics of the metal. Early metallurgists refined silver by heating it a couple hundred degrees above its melting point and holding the metal at an elevated temperature for a period of time.
Speed Prospecting for Hard Rock Gold
An online video gave me some ideas, and with a lot of trial and error I developed a reliable method of panning free gold particles down below 35 microns quickly and easily.
Where Should I Start?
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Pocket Gold
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