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Authorities Search for Lost Treasure Hunters
August 2010 by Associated Press
Rescue workers were searching a rugged Arizona wilderness area in triple-digit temperatures for three Utah men who went missing on July 11, while looking for the legendary Lost Dutchman Gold Mine.Ask the Experts
How does one determine who owns a mining claim?
Guest Editorial: U.S. Government—Like Nobody's Business
by William Perry Pendley, President & Chief legal Officer
Mountain States legal Foundation
Effectively Using a Detector and Drywasher for Placer Gold
A "How-To" method for small group sniping and reclaiming old placer areas.
The PIGMI—a DIY Crevice Tool
I’ve had great success using it to gather gold from crevices. I’d like to share the design with all of you gold miners reading this article and hope that you get as much satisfaction building and using it as I did.
Gold in Northern Baja California
The 760-mile-Iong Baja California peninsula, in Mexico, separates the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) from the Pacific Ocean. Most of the peninsula is a desert where the traveler can find some of the weirdest plants on Earth...
The Bawl Mill
• Pouring money down an artsy drain...
• Big government gets even bigger
• California leads the way...to financial ruin
Talking Metal Detectors with Brent Weaver of Garrett
… I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Brent Weaver, Garrett’s chief design engineer to talk about gold-oriented detectors, how they work and how prospectors can get the most out of them.
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