Ask The Experts - Where can I obtain chemicals for flotation?

August 2020 by Chris Ralph

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May 2016

• How small should I crush my hard rock ore?

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July 2013
Q: How can I locate good places to prospect and meet like-minded individuals at the same time?

Ask the Experts—Looking up mining claims on the Internet

December 2011
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?

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March 2013
Q: A few questions about claim markers, gold hunter test kits, and videos....

Ask The Experts - Who has the rights to a vein that goes under a neighboring claim?

July 2021

The Portable XRF Gun

November 2012
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.

Ask The Experts - Is there a Forest Service camping limit for mining claims?

April 2019

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