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Beach Mining Returns to Washington State

Washington State gold miners received good news when they were recently informed that State officials have granted them authority to resume limited placer gold beach mining...

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Gold Detecting Strategies for Hydraulic Mines and Debris Flows


The old timers typically washed these areas down to bedrock, and some areas appear terraced. I would imagine this is because these hydraulic mines were generally where the miners found old Tertiary river channels on the sides of mountains that were gold-bearing.

A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips


The diverse minerals, salts, and moisture, plus any halo effect, and old-timer trash, especially decomposing iron artifacts, are often found in any dry placer gold field and can really mask the “penetration powers” of a detector.

Looking Back


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

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices


The Coolgardie Gold Mining Camp of Southern California


The area was mined intermittently from around 1900 to 1915, but was also mined in the late 1800s, with a total output valued at about $100,000, which is around $9.5 million at the current gold price.

BLM Increases Location & Maintenance Fees


The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has increased mining claim location fees and maintenance fees in a final rule published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2009.

Melman on Gold & Silver


When governments are hit by a barrage of such economic news, they usually react by attempting to stimulate economic activity by spending money, as some might say, “like drunken sailors”…

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