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Ask The Experts - Is there a Forest Service camping limit for mining claims?
April 2019 by Scott Harn
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Questions regarding patented and unpatented mining claims and the legal rights surrounding 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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Setting up a gravity dredge
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Q: Can a voltmeter be used to determine the type of metal/mineral present in soil?
Ask The Experts: Nickel assays
Q: Our group has found a nickel deposit in the Yuma, Arizona area that is similar to the one that you wrote about...
Ask The Experts: Is this deposit worth working?
Q: Can you tell me if this deposit is worth working? It is a quartz vein and I had it analyzed for gold, copper, rare earths and other metals.
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