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September 2003 by Staff
• NovaGold Resources• Golden Star Resources
• SearchGold Resources
• Ivanhoe Mines
• Canyon Resources Corp.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
The temptation to enter the dark interiors beckoned to me before the day was finished but I resisted.
Basic Sniping: Prospecting With a Pan & Simple Hand Tools
There’s a lot of really great prospecting equipment on the market right now, and I have to admit I’ve spent my share of money over the years investing in dredges, drywashers, metal detectors and the like. But a lot of new folks just getting into...
Ask the Experts—How can I separate gold from carbon?
Q: [I have] fine gold in activated coconut shell carbon after treatment with a battery charger, battery and salt, from my deep wells. In the furnace, the carbon does not burn away to free the gold, but mixes worse than ever...
Hunting for Hardrock: The Basics
Exposed veins and outcroppings can be a great source for gathering good gold ore for processing. Veins and outcroppings do require a lot of work to free the ore from its earthen grip, but this labor can be very rewarding.
Charcoal Crucible Recipe
...using charcoal briquettes (and no starter fluid) and a few other easily attainable ingredients.
Achieving Accurate Metal Detector Discrimination
Your odds of going home with gold will be higher using the discrimination mode, even if you might have misread one of the targets you rejected.
USGS Reports Increase of Imported Minerals
Since 1993, US reliance on imports of raw and processed materials of mineral origin has increased more than seven fold.
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The Bawl Mill
• Klondike Gold
• State Rivers Closed to Prospecting in Washington
• A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part I
• The Montezuma Quadrangle, Summit County, Colorado
• Looking for Gold in British Columbia
• The Reynolds (Star) Gold Mine
• Picks & Pans: Sniping for Low Stream Gold
• Why Do We Do The Things We Do?
• Gallium and Germanium in Utah
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
