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Conducting Research To Find New Gold Deposits
March 2008 by Chris Ralph
...this time of year the days are short, the temperatures cold and the weather reliably poor. That’s why the middle of winter is the best time for me to be doing research to find new gold deposits and places to explore after the weather warms and...
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Time to File Claims in Southern California
December 2015
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
Using Structural Clues to Locate Buried Placer Channels
April 2014
They must have assumed the paystreak was spotty and had been mined out, so they never mined as close to the side of the valley as they should have.
They must have assumed the paystreak was spotty and had been mined out, so they never mined as close to the side of the valley as they should have.
Dredging the Mokelumne
February 2008
Gold mining adventures can begin in the most unusual fashion. This one started when the high water receding in May of 1999 disclosed that a tragedy had occurred somewhere upstream of Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north fork of the...
Gold mining adventures can begin in the most unusual fashion. This one started when the high water receding in May of 1999 disclosed that a tragedy had occurred somewhere upstream of Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north fork of the...
The Business of Mining—Family Mining Business Tax Savings
April 2007
There has been much said and written about nepotism, especially in government and business. There is, however, no written rule that would prevent any miner or prospector from hiring a spouse, children or other family members in the prospecting, mining or dredging business. There may even be tax advantages associated with that nepotism.
There has been much said and written about nepotism, especially in government and business. There is, however, no written rule that would prevent any miner or prospector from hiring a spouse, children or other family members in the prospecting, mining or dredging business. There may even be tax advantages associated with that nepotism.
Melman on Gold & Silver
May 2009
...while the conference and some economic data were working to restore optimism, the world continued to receive a flood of negative economic news, some of it with ominous implications...
...while the conference and some economic data were working to restore optimism, the world continued to receive a flood of negative economic news, some of it with ominous implications...
From the Editor
January 2004
There are several news items of interest here at ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal.
There are several news items of interest here at ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal.
Ask The Experts
January 2016
Gold left in Rye Patch by the time I retire?
Gold left in Rye Patch by the time I retire?
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?
• Ask The Experts — Could you please include the stock symbol in "Mining Stock Quotes"?
• Gryphon Gold and the Borealis Project
• A Modern Day Prospector’s Story
• New Tax Considerations For Your Mining Business
• Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska
• The Carson City Mint
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices







