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Baker City is Defined by Gold Rush

When they strung up poor Bogs Greenwood on a ranch near here in 1864 for murder, most probably figured it was the start and finish of his moment of fame. But when a Main Street bank building was torn down decades later, a time capsule turned up, and there was Bogs’ skull, along with a brief biography.

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Diamonds in the Rough in Montana


The bright green rocks jutting through the prairie soil were hard to miss, but Tom Charlton still couldn’t believe his eyes. It was kimberlite, the molten rock in which diamonds are found, and preliminary tests had yielded a microscopic diamond.

Melman on Gold & Silver


...the Obama Administration continues to grapple with the reality that the number of Americans who are growing disenchanted with government solutions to problems appears to be growing.

Gifts of Gold for University of Zimbabwe


Rege Podraza with gifts for Zimbabwe minersThe design of the makorokoza’s handmade wooden pans has not changed over the centuries. Until Rege introduced it to them they had seen nothing like a spiral wheel concentrator.

ICMJ's 11th Annual Photo Contest Results


As usual, the decision process was extremely difficult, but we managed to pick our 10 winners.

Double-D Coils and Their Place in the Goldfields


While gold nugget detecting with a pulse induction machine, most people will be swinging a mono search coil and will have their machine set in all-metal mode. However, the newer pulse induction machines can and will discriminate iron very effectively...

The Mole


My wife Dorothy has always enjoyed tent camping. She thought she was really roughing it at established campgrounds until I convinced her to take a trip with me to drywash for gold in a remote corner of an arid desert wilderness...

Looking Back


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

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Please Note:   • The Bawl Mill   • Kerry Proposes Large Fees on Miners   • Is a Gold Rush Coming to the Iron Range?   • The Klamath Oldland   • Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire   • Coeur Alaska Hopes to Begin Work on Gold Mine This Fall   • Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas   • Company Plans to Develop Cabinet Mountains Mine   • I-147 Before Montana Supreme Court   • Diamond Exploration and Mining Heating Up in North America   • Gold in Serbia   • Looking Back   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

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