Directory of Active Mines in Arizona Available

January 2003 by Staff

Prospectors Protest San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

October 2015
More than 100 gold prospectors gathered at Azusa Canyon in the recently declared San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in southern California to voice their concerns…

So, Where's The Gold?—Finding Gold Detectors Miss

December 2010
We decided to run a detector over each piece. If we got a decent signal we placed the piece into a high-grade pile and the rest went into another pile to be worked on later. This high-grade pile wasn’t that large—maybe 25 pounds...

Prospecting After Winter Storms

June 2017

So, how much rain does it take to cause a major movement of gravels in a stream and redistribute the gold? The technical answer is enough water to move the bed load of the river.

Oregon Miner Challenges Forest Service’s Authority to Regulate Mining

October 2009
Judging by news accounts, Tracy was doing exactly what H.R. 365, commonly referred to as the Mining Act of 1866, allows him to do.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

March 2018

Desert Drywashing

February 2010
I thought I’d try something totally different—a large area of small material tailings. After about an hour of digging and test panning we both had more gold than all the other digs combined.

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 2008
Given that every single forecast of the level of government bailouts has understated the problems and the money required for solving them, one can only wonder what really lies in store for the American taxpayer—and the US Dollar.

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