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Coeur Alaska Hopes to Begin Work on Gold Mine This Fall
September 2004 by Associated Press
On a recent afternoon, Rick Richins fished a large piece of quartzite ore studded with glittering particles from the floor of a dark, dripping tunnel at the Kensington gold mine.Chasing Hard Rock Gold As A Placer Deposit
The question I had, and likely you have too, is when an old channel is cut, how far does the placer gold in the cut channel move down in a river or creek that continues to erode deeper and deeper?
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
New Research Tool for Miners in Wyoming
The Wyoming Geological Survey released an online interactive map...
Gold Prospecting in Maine - Part I
Within five minutes there were nine brook trout hanging around, feeding on nymphs I was stirring up. They were having a field day, sometimes getting within inches of my mask. It was almost like they were begging for more food.
Solar-Powered Placer Sampling Equipment

Company Notes
• Homestake Mining Company
• Cominco American Inc.
• Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.
PLP Update
We’ve built up some contacts in DC during our trips there over the past four years, and we believe we finally have the correct contacts who can get this petition reviewed by the proper people.
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Please Note:
• The Bawl Mill
• Kerry Proposes Large Fees on Miners
• Is a Gold Rush Coming to the Iron Range?
• The Klamath Oldland
• Baker City is Defined by Gold Rush
• Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire
• Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas
• Company Plans to Develop Cabinet Mountains Mine
• I-147 Before Montana Supreme Court
• Diamond Exploration and Mining Heating Up in North America
• Gold in Serbia
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices