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An Answer to Endangered Salmon?
October 2007 by Associated Press
Papa salmon plus mama salmon equals ... baby trout? Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish species to produce another, in a quest to preserve endangered fish.Picks & Pans: Dredging on the Arkansas
I had been looking forward to this trip since last year when the annual trip had rewarded me with a ¾-pennyweight nugget.
Making A Big Discovery
We sent them a lot of information, including my presentation about the area and its potential. We were excited to learn a couple weeks later that the company was interested in the property.
The Chinese Experience
The Weaverville War at the California Mines
Dealing With Hot Rocks and Mineralization
What about all that noise coming from the ground? What is a prospector supposed to do about that?
The Final Gold Strike of the Alaska Gold Rush—Livengood Stampede, 1914
The Livengood (pronounced with a long “i” as in alive) gold stampede was the last of the great Alaska Gold Rush. The string of gold rushes began in 1886 with the Fortymile gold strike, and ten years later with the large Yukon Klondike goldfields discovery.
Clarence King, Geologist
Clarence King was born in Rhode Island in 1842, the son of a businessman. His father died when he was 6, so he was raised by his mother. She wanted to have Clarence attend the very best schools, and even moved in order to have him in the best district. She gave him a magnifying glass on his 7th birthday, and this led to his discovery of fossil ferns in neighborhood rocks.
Prospecting for Diamonds in Kimberlite
Kimberlite is very difficult for geologists to find, let alone prospectors and rock hounds. This is because kimberlite is rarely exposed on the surface and few people know how to identify the rock.
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The Bawl Mill
• Prospecting for Hardrock Platinum, Nickel & Copper Deposits
• Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part III
• Detecting in Australia's Etheridge Goldfield
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre: The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Pt I
• Another Successful Northwest Miners Rally
• California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007
• The Next Crisis For America
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Barrick Offers $10 Million to Unlock Silver Ore
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
