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Detecting the Swiftshore Mine
January 2010 by Paul Giese
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Turning Hobby Mining into Business Mining
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The first thing a person should do is seriously consider whether they want to go mining as a hobby or a business, and the tax implications of the choice.
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Gold Trader, Employee Charged with Wife’s Killing
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A wealthy gold trader was charged with paying one of his workers to arrange the stabbing death of the businessman’s estranged wife...
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Death Valley Find is Apparent Hoax
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Jerry Freeman became an instant celebrity in January by announcing the discovery of a 149-year-old trunk belonging to a band of Gold Rush settlers he's obsessively researched for more than a decade.
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Ask the Experts—How did the bill to address RS 2477 pan out?
April 2007
Q: In the November 2006 issue, you published an article “Bill to address RS 2477” regarding rights-of-way across public lands (HR 6298, introduced by Representative Steven Pearce of New Mexico). Will you please provide me with some information about how this panned out?
Q: In the November 2006 issue, you published an article “Bill to address RS 2477” regarding rights-of-way across public lands (HR 6298, introduced by Representative Steven Pearce of New Mexico). Will you please provide me with some information about how this panned out?
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The Rand of South Africa
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The republic of South Africa (pop. 45 million) lies at the southern end of the African continent, and has been responsible for much of the world’s gold and diamond production. The first Europeans to settle in the region were Dutch, but the British...
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From Hand Sluice to Dredge
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Gold prospecting in Virginia: Like most prospecting greenhorns, I entered the gold prospecting hobby with a pan, a shovel and a hand sluice. It was January 2007, and I had just stumbled upon the hobby of gold prospecting while researching...
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