Magazine

Ask The Experts - Can I get some tips on filing a mining claim?

January 2020 by Chris Ralph

Online access required. Please LOGIN HERE.

Additional articles that might interest you...

January 2011
Q: Exactly how does amalgamation work? Does it “melt” the gold (or copper, or silver, etc.) and form an alloy? If one leaves a piece of gold in mercury, will the entire sample become an amalgam (combination) of gold and mercury? Or does it only affect the surface...

Ask the Experts

July 2014
Bacterial gold

Ask The Experts—Extraction of micro gold from black sands

October 2011
I know big mining companies use cyanide and other leach systems to recover gold from ore. Is this the only economically feasible way to recover the values?

Ask the Experts

May 2014
Sampling and mining a historic mining claim

Ask the Experts

August 2013
Q: Would a mining company be interested in this area for just the magnetite?

Ask The Experts—Studies with summaries and conclusions please...

August 2011
Q: ...A number of scientific studies have been done that concluded our level of dredging is “not” harmful to fish or habitat. I suggest that the Mining Journal list some of these specific studies with brief summaries and conclusions.

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill • Ask The Experts - How do I separate gold from broken glass? • Ask The Experts - Metal detector discrimination can be beneficial • Ask The Experts - Can I crush ore on my BLM claim and still be a small miner? • Gold In The Midwest—Part II: Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio • 21st Century American Gold Rush: Rare Earth Elements • Exceptions to the Rules: Re-Thinking Prospecting Rules of Thumb • Prospecting The East Fork San Gabriel Canyon, Southern California • Hit the Slopes to Find More Gold • Sixteen to One Gold Mine: Unique Challenges and Potential Rewards - Pt I • What About Palladium? • Melman on Gold & Silver • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices