Company Notes

August 2000 by Staff

Picks & Pans: Leon Always Finds the Most Gold

March 2001
Since 1986, I have spent the summer months camped out on a river, looking for gold. The summer of 2000 was no exception.

Romancing the Lens

July 2014
...a large number of these aspiring miners developing their operations seemed to have missed "Placer Mining 101" somewhere along the way.

Iron Minerals, Your Detector and Gold

January 2013
It’s worthwhile for the prospector using a metal detector to know a little bit more about the association of iron and gold as well as how iron minerals affect your metal detector.

Ask the Experts—How can I separate gold from carbon?

April 2007
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...

The Bawl Mill

December 2006
• Caught on camera...
• Taxpayers can’t go “cold turkey”
• Hurricane FEMA wipes out 1,800 homes

There’s Still Gold In Oregon’s Umpqua River

January 2008
The Umpqua River, located in the heart of western Oregon, flows for several miles nearly alongside Interstate Highway Five.

Ask the Experts

January 2013
How do sluicing and drywashing compare in effciency?

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