Ask the Experts - proper mining claim procedures

April 2013 by Chris Ralph

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• Two questions: Is fool's gold magnetic? And how do you go about filing a miing claim?

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Questions regarding patented and unpatented mining claims and the legal rights surrounding them.

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Prospectors have many reasons why they might want to break rocks. These include dividing up a specimen too large to carry.

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They tend to be big, coming in large to extremely large sizes. They can also be amazingly rich and produce huge amounts of very high-grade ore.

Care and Lubrication of a Model 13 Laboratory Wilfley Table

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A Wilfley table works best when all of the mineral being run across it (the pulp) is about the same size.  For this reason, I took a good look at each of the samples.

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How to go about the entire process of prospecting is a big question. The answer comes down to research and preparation.

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