Company Notes

June 2000 by Staff

A Gold Mine on a Washington Beach?

February 2012
Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that beach sands can contain small bits of precious metals, Bela decided a few years ago to build a sand sucking contraption that can sift the shoreline for anything worth keeping.

Prospector Unearths Huge 'Duck’s Foot' Nugget

October 2018

A retired gold prospector spent hours digging up his fortune in the northern goldfields near Kambalda, Western Australia, after finding the target with his metal detector.

The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide

August 2007
In last month’s article I talked a bit about opportunities for heap leaching small hardrock deposits. This month I’m going to talk about the basics of putting together a heap leach project, including building the pad and leaching the ore.

Aussie Gold

November 2001
This is the first of a series of articles outlining prospecting in Australia for the visiting small prospector or miner. Whether you are just coming out for a holiday, stopping for a few months, or moving here permanently...

Looking Back

April 2007
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

The Bawl Mill

December 2005
• An idea that is overdue...
• Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Picks & Pans: Working the Ol' Paystreak

November 2001
The bright yellow nugget caught my eye as I pulled the astroturf down the sluice box into the large plastic tub. I grabbed it from the mat, pretty much in shock because of its size.

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