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September 2015 by Chris Ralph

Ask The Experts: Small-scale drilling

June 2017

Q: What is available to a small prospector? How does one prospect (drill) into the walls of an old hard rock mine to see what is 10 feet beyond...

The Portable XRF Gun

November 2012
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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March 2013
Using GIS systems to aid in mapping.

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April 2016
• Reason for adits rather than shafts?

Ask the Experts—Access to mining claim across private land

December 2011

Ask the Experts - what does MDB&M stand for?

April 2013
Q: What does MDB&M stand for?

Ask the Experts—Looking up mining claims on the Internet

December 2011
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?

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