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Detecting and Recovering Those Tiny Pieces
September 2017 by Ray Mills
These are just a few tips and opinions of mine and this article is primarily intended for persons just starting to detect for gold and using a VLF detector.
Placer PGMs in Coon Creek, California
Lower Coon Mountain is located in the Klamath Mountains, some 10 to 15 miles east of Crescent City (pop. 4,400), which rises to an elevation of 2,841 feet. It is heavily forested except for a few areas that are underlain by serpentine. The mountain, which trends northeast, is bounded on the north by Craigs Creek, and on the south by Coon Creek.
PLP and MMAC Update
We have an opportunity to make significant and substantial changes to provide relief for small miners with the Trump Administration and the current makeup of Congress. We realize the time to act is now, but we need your help.
The Bawl Mill
• Hit-and-run
• More EPA woes
Gold Miners Become Tungsten Miners
The story begins in the early 1940s in Vance County, North Carolina, on a farm that belonged to the Hamme family. During spring plowing in 1942, one of the brothers accidentally plowed up an odd looking rock and took it home to show his younger brother who was studying geology at Duke University.
Ask The Experts
• Can I get advice on a hard rock property in Calaveras County, California?
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Ask The Experts - Where can I get geological maps?
• Ask The Experts - What happens to gold during flash flooding in dry areas?
• Ask The Experts - How do gold and silver stocks react in market crashes?
• Ask The Experts - I need help with more in-depth mining research
• Ask The Experts - Is this gold?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Entry-Level Metal Detectors for Gold Prospecting
• MMAC Update
• Nice Specimen Gold Recovered in Northern California
• How to Recognize Hard Rock Gold Ores
• The Coeur Rochester Mine
• EPA Chief to Reconsider Paying Claims Over Mine Waste Spill
• Environmental Analysis Starts for Proposed Idaho Gold Mine
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
