Company Notes

March 2000 by Staff

Electra Gold Sees Potential in Other Minerals & Metals

June 2009
One of the particular features of these alumina silica ore bodies is that they are generally visible from the surface, unlike like gold and silver that are generally hidden and can require an immense amount of exploration and development.

Tools of the Modern Prospector: The GPS

July 2008
GPS provides the prospector a precise way of knowing just where something (like a mine) is located. There are many thousands of lost mine stories—some real, and some made up. The use of a GPS could well have made the difference to accurately record their location.

Gold From Cemented Gravels

November 2011
The truth is that cemented gravels are really not all that complex. There is no mystery of how gold grew there or somehow wormed its way into these solid gravels.

Looking Back

July 2002
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

European Gold Miners Seek Clarification Letter

December 1999
Three European gold mining companies want the Bank of England to publicly state its activities in the gold and gold derivitatives markets. In a letter to the Financial Times, three small mining companies representing the majority of European gold production said since the start of the year, scores of reports about manipulation of the gold price had surfaced.

Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining—Beaver County, Utah

May 2003
The Ruby Violet Mine is a rare red beryl locality that produces the only gem quality material of this type in the world. The mine is located in a topaz rhyolite within a rhyolite flow in the Wah Wah Mountains in Beaver, County, Utah.

South Yuba River Recreational Area

September 2009
Within 30 minutes, a nice, coarse nugget popped up right in the gold pan, and the rush was on! We worked hard for the entire day. Though some pans were not as good as others, the gold was good enough to...

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