Company Notes

February 2001 by Staff

Ask The Experts—Highbanker legal in CA?; Best place to sell raw gold?

December 2010
Q: If a high banker is outfitted with a suction hose, is it considered a dredge in CA even if it is sitting on the ground? Also, how do I find the best places to sell raw gold (flour, pickers, nuggets, gold in quartz, etc.)?

Prospecting for Rare Earth Metals

January 2010
Rare earth metals are critically important to many forms of modern technology, including most green energy saving applications, computers, televisions, and a number of military defense systems.

California State Gold Panning Championships

October 2015
This year’s 2015 California State Gold Panning Championships were wild and hectic.

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: White Knuckle Mining

December 2019

…I was looking down on what was a frightening 500-foot sheer drop-off. We were precariously close to the edge as the shoulder was practically non-existent.

Prospecting for Copper Ores—Part II

July 2012
Copper is a critically important metal that we need to run our modern electronic society, and the long term outlook for this metal is for a steady increase in price.

United States National Gold Panning Championships

August 2000
Competition Results

Greenhorn Finds Gold in Colorado

November 2016
Using a snuffer bottle to pick it out of the pan, he continued his panning efforts. He continued to find more yellowish stuff, but it wasn’t shiny like he thought gold should look.

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