From the Editor

May 2017 by Scott Harn

First, I want to mention our new website. For over 18 months we’ve been working on a new design to make it easier to find the articles you are most interested in...

Picks & Pans: Lost Below

December 2001
The year was 1956. The place was a silver mine in Silverado Canyon, California. To familiarize you with the area, Silverado Canyon is located in Southern California near El Toro Marine Base, which is located near Majeska Peak.

Picks & Pans: An Exciting Hobby

January 2001
The year was 1946, the war was over, and we three brothers were working for Douglas Aircraft, in Santa Monica, California. Jim and I had returned to jobs we held before entering the Navy and George was a “new hire,” having just finished a four-year hitch as a Navy Flight Crewman.

In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres—Purchasing Land in Mexico

March 2007
My wife and I spent three years laying the groundwork to build a processing mill for gold, silver, lead and some zinc in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Northern Mexico, in the state of Sonora. In this installment, I describe how we purchased the land to build the new mill.

Melman on Gold & Silver

February 2012
All we can say is “Welcome to 2012,” and if the first part of January is any indication, it is going to be quite a year on many fronts from the ongoing international financial crisis to the progress of a presidential election set to end this coming November.

MMAC & PLP Update

July 2016
…what I’d like to focus on in this update is the assistance they provided to a suction gold dredger in Idaho being harassed by an environmental group.

Ask the Experts—Are you able to advise me on the status of HR3824?

June 2007
Q: I am doing research regarding potential litigation involving the Endangered Species Act. Are you able to advise me on the status of the following:? HR 3824, The Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 (TESRA) introduced in the House of Representatives in September, 2005.

Trout Thriving In Treated Mine Water

March 2006
West Virginia University water scientists have found that rainbow trout can survive in previously polluted waters.

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