All Articles
California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007
October 2007 by Staff
Ready, Set, Go! The stopwatch clicks on and the panner starts like being fired out of a cannon. It’s the Labor Day weekend and the State Championships are on their way.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Our Readers Say
Suggestions for claim jumpers
New Technology for Extracting Lithium To Be Tested in Nevada
Production of the Lithium will be completed in a 48-hour process with much less waste and a substantial increase of recovery rates from around 40% with conventional evaporation to near 90%.
Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite
A major diamond mystery has finally been cracked. For 40 years, scientists have tried but failed to apply so much pressure on the hard rocks that they would become something other than diamond. Now researchers reported that they succeeded.
Prospector Unearths Huge 'Duck’s Foot' Nugget
A retired gold prospector spent hours digging up his fortune in the northern goldfields near Kambalda, Western Australia, after finding the target with his metal detector.
Western Mining Artifact Collectors Show
A year of work and preparation has come and gone as the Western Mining Artifact Show was held this past June 29th at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City, California. It was three days of fun and adventure delighting in the glory of the golden days of California gold mining of long ago.
Alternative Financing Alternatives
How can a miner or prospector take advantage of these speedy financing options while avoiding the risks associated with borrowing from so-called “shadow banks?”
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Prospecting for Hardrock Platinum, Nickel & Copper Deposits
• An Answer to Endangered Salmon?
• Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part III
• Detecting in Australia's Etheridge Goldfield
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre: The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Pt I
• Another Successful Northwest Miners Rally
• The Next Crisis For America
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Barrick Offers $10 Million to Unlock Silver Ore
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
