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Beach Mining for Gold
March 2010 by Chris Ralph
Commonly these layers contain small particles of gold and platinum, and in places where they are sufficiently concentrated, the metallic particles are abundant enough to be extracted profitably.
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Silver was discovered in the mountains as early as 1875, but the first “official” discovery was in 1881.
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Renewed interest in mining of gold, silver, copper and other metals in Aroostook County's Bald Mountain triggered 2012 legislation requiring the overhaul of the state's two-decade-old mining regulations.
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