Chinese Camp, California and the Tong War of 1856

February 2000 by Richard H. Peterson, PhD

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2006
Few non-Presidential elections have been as eagerly anticipated as the one just completed in early November and, if change was what you wanted, massive change is what you received.

Prospecting Underground: Use Caution

April 2011
In underground placer work, the contact point of the bedrock tunnel and the gravel is a very weak point and always has to be timbered. The bedrock here is thin, fractured, and the gravels loose from many years of oxidizing.

California State Gold Panning Championship Results

November 2000
This year the State Gold Panning Championships were held August 24-27, at the California State Fair, sponsored by the Motherlode Goldhounds and Cal Expo.

DOI Computers Back Online

May 2004
You may have noticed that the Department of Interior’s (DOI) computers were disconnected for about 10 days during mid-March. The disconnected Internet service prevented miners and prospectors from accessing numerous online files, including all Bureau of Land Management websites and mining claim systems.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2003
• Comments needed from small-scale miners in Oregon
• News from the House and Senate
• Governor shows support for mining

Finding Diamond Deposits With Your PC—Part I

April 2009
One method used to explore for kimberlite pipes is aerial photographs. If a kimberlite can be found on aerial photography, there are likely more nearby that can’t be seen on photographs. Over the years, myself and others found several hundred...

GATA Update

March 2001
GATA’s claims of gold market manipulation “were publicized by the South African press and were presented to important South African officials,” stated Murphy in a recent press release. Here are a few of the highlights:

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill   • Clinton Declares Three More National Monuments   • McCain Derides Clinton Forest Policy   • Foreigners Lure Mining Partners   • Pacific Island Gov'ts Focus on Undersea Mining   • Options Narrowed for Managing Chugach National Forest   • Company Notes   • Diamond Fever   • Gold in Jasperoid   • Underground Geologic Mapping   • New Quarry Regulations in West Virginia   • Ash Fork Calm After Explosives Theft   • Picks & Pans: Mining in Ghana   • Little Rocky Mountains, Montana   • Collector Reaches New Lows to Find Bottles   • Millie's Tailings   • Visionaries, Scoundrels, and Gamblers   • Executive Defends Special Mill Site Exemption   • Chasing the Ghosts of Forty-Niners   • Washoe County Balks at Black Rock Desert Plan   • State's Only Gold Mine Processes Last Precious Ore   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices   • Looking Back

Free:
Legislative and Regulatory Update