Building the American Dream

July 1999 by Michelle Bing

Alaskan Gold Adventure

December 2016
In Chicken I had my first experience with the famous Alaska blue clay, sometimes called the blue layer. The blue layer is where the best fine gold was to be found.

The Batteries Metal Rush

August 2018

There is a major change coming in the economy of the world and now is the time for prospectors and miners to grab a ticket and get on board.

Ask The Experts—Difference between a Geiger counter and scintillator

October 2011
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?

Spencer Opal Deposits, Idaho

July 2003
In order to give the reader a better appreciation of some alternative valuable minerals that can be found by the average prospector, we visited Bob Thompson’s Opal Mountain Mine located in Spencer, Idaho.

A New Method for Handling Stubborn Gravity Middlings

July 2016
The solution focused on the relative difference in malleability between gold and waste, rather than the difference in density exploited by gravity circuits.

The Kern River Gold Rush

December 2006
The tall grasses of the rolling foothills of eastern Kern County, California, hide traces of what was once a major gold rush.

The Cemetery Rush

January 2003
In 1893, Jerry McAuliffe led a team of prospectors east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and found the famed Kanowna goldfield. On their first day on the field, they picked up a total of more than 300 ounces of gold nuggets from the ground. As the rush began to increase in momentum, other prospectors found patches of nuggets simply lying on the ground near rich outcroppings of reef. In very quick time, hard rock miners were tearing into the rich reef lines...

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