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January 2016 by Chris Ralph
Gold left in Rye Patch by the time I retire?Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
Any ore grading 32% silver would contain more than 9,000 ounces of silver per ton and be valued at something in the range of $150,000 per ton. Even a few tons of this type of material would be well worth shipping off to a smelter for treatment.
Ask The Experts: What is a Spanish needle?
Some fellow in Texas was selling a Spanish needle—a dousing device used to recover minerals in the old days. Do you know anything about these?
Ask The Experts: Sulfides and fluxes
The concentrate is just the heaviest of the heavy minerals but some sulfides are sneaking in there also with the gold...
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• Reason for adits rather than shafts?
Ask The Experts: Is this BLM demand legitimate?
Q: The Arizona BLM state office has started sending out registered letters to association placer claim holders...
Ask The Experts: What indicator rocks should I be looking for in northern Nevada?
Q: Can you tell us what the indicator rocks are? I’ve looked at the nearby digs and pushes that were made for gold and it looks like we’re digging on some similar material...
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What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?
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