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Ask the Experts—Where can I find plans for a home-built suction dredge?
May 2007 by Staff
Q: Years ago I had plans for building a home-built suction dredge called the Spartan dredge. I really loved that dredge. I now have a 12-year-old son who wants to start mining. We wanted to build our own at home but I’ve lost the plans.Ask The Experts
Is it possible to use a cell phone GPS away from cell towers?
Gold in Beatty, Nevada
In this case, signs of gold were found at the bottom of the alluvial and then traced in a triangle up the face of the mountain until they stopped—that is where the digging began.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We believe this possibility of a housing crisis is an important consideration in our prediction of a positive price market for the precious metals this year.
The National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Four
Ceremonies for the induction of four mining industry pioneers into the National Mining Hall of Fame will be held Saturday, September 13, 2008, at the Charles F. Barber Pavilion of the Museum Convention Center in Leadville, Colorado.
Gold in the Chinle Formation

Lode Gold in Honduras

Discovery of the Mountain Pass REO Deposit
How does one go about discovering a rare earth oxide (REO) deposit when he is not familiar with the rare and unusual rocks and minerals that are found in such deposits? That was the case at Mountain Pass, California, yet the deposit was eventually discovered and mined.
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