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March 2015 by Jan Alexander
Q: Conflicting advice on motorized small-scale mining equipmentAsk The Experts
What is claim relocation?
Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
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How does one determine who owns a mining claim?
Ask The Experts: Could you expand on your previous blasting article?
Q: Could you write more about the last two methods that you mentioned—the expanding chemical mixtures and the micro blasters, how and when to use them, and when not to use them?
The Portable XRF Gun
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.
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Problems finding gold with a detector
Ask the Experts: VMS ore
Q: Are there any mills that handle VMS ore?
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