Babbitt Wants Moratorium in Siskiyou National Forest

February 2001 by Associated Press

Prospecting Australia—Part II: There and Back Again

November 2011
Steve got his first nugget within minutes of turning on his metal detector. It only took me about an hour to find my first piece.

Understanding Skim Bar Placers

September 2018

Perhaps the most notable thing about skim placers is that they form on the top surface of gravel bars, as opposed to coarser gold placers where the weight of the gold particles allows the gold to settle down on or near bedrock.

Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part VI Geology of Placer Gold Deposits

June 2006
Placer deposits are the focus of many small-scale prospectors, as they can be worked with comparatively inexpensive equipment. In this conclusion of a six-part series, we will take a look at the geology and formation of placer deposits...

Looking Back

November 2002
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

2011 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees

July 2011
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum announced the 2011 National Mining Hall of Fame inductees.

Gold at Ponderosa

February 2008
The winter cold and snow bring with it an entirely different approach to prospecting and mining. Northern California was buried with a ferocious storm in late December and early January that knocked out power for many small towns and buried the...

Desert Drywashing

February 2010
I thought I’d try something totally different—a large area of small material tailings. After about an hour of digging and test panning we both had more gold than all the other digs combined.

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