Prospecting & Detecting
Diary of a Diamond Prospector
April 2017 by W. Dan Hausel

Lost Sally's Gold

What's In A Name?

Prospecting for Surface Flood Gold Placers on Low and Intermediate Gradient Streams

How to Beat the Heat--and The Bedrock
The pit was a classic one—exposed shale bedrock with all the material being washed out one end of the pit. Within a few minutes I had a nice mellow signal that was in open ground.
Turning Hobby Mining into Business Mining
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.
Ganes Creek Hits 10 Years—Part I

A Trip Down the Yukon River
My girlfriend Beth and I decided to take our canoe down the Yukon and do some gold dredging...
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