Ask The Experts - Advice for a new prospector in Placerville, California?

December 2018 by Chris Ralph

Retired Geologist Warned Public of Pending EPA Disaster

September 2015
Retired geologist Dave Taylor of Farmington, New Mexico, predicted the disaster in a letter published by the Silverton Standard a week before it occurred.

The Gold Of Horseshoe Bend

November 2011
And we eventually reached gold. It was a winding crevice of beautiful white quartz lined with small nuggets and loaded with fine gold. There were flakes and small granular pieces—there had to be a hundred or more.

Klondike Gold

September 2003
Rich placer gold deposits were found in the Klondike district of Yukon in 1896, and a wild gold rush ensued. The district is east and southeast of Dawson (pop. 1,300), mostly along Bonanza and Hunker Creeks, and their tributaries.

Pickering Bar Revisited

August 2008
Pickering Bar on the North Fork of the American River is a fascinating place. It’s remote, taking almost two hours to get there from the small mining town of Iowa Hill, which is in Placer County, California.

The Curious Saga of the Jack Wade Creek Dredge

July 2010
As the river dredgers soon learned, it was not a good idea to leave your dredge in the Fortymile River over winter.

Ask the Experts

February 2014
Email scams

Looking Back

April 2003
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

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