Company Notes

December 1999 by Staff

Beach Mining for Gold

March 2010
Commonly these layers contain small particles of gold and platinum, and in places where they are sufficiently concentrated, the metallic particles are abundant enough to be extracted profitably.

Going Over Old Ground With Newer Technology

May 2020

When we got set up and I started to swing the coil over a small mound, I got a good signal, faint but repeatable.

Administration Considers Bypassing Congress

January 2000
With Congress showing little willingness to act, the Clinton administration is weighing whether to designate a dozen scenic and historic sites in the West as federal monuments to assure their protection.

Gold and Rare Earth Elements in New Mexico

August 2015
We import nearly all of our REEs from China, so it’s critical that we find and continue to develop domestic resources of these elements.

Designing and Evaluating Placer Gold Recovery Plants

September 2014
For this article, I am focusing on industrial production plants that can handle 10 cubic yards per hour or more and would be fed by a loader or other heavy equipment...

The Memorial Day Nugget

August 2009
After picking up a large grey rock, ready to discard it, I immediately noted it was extremely heavy. My eyes started getting bigger and bigger as I wiped off the surface dirt and moistened it—the color yellow started showing.

Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska

March 2008
There are lots of stories about the big gold found in Alaska, but where does a prospector get the idea that it’s something the every day gold miner might get involved in? One must understand that the quest for gold in the mid-1800s brought...

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