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Drywashing and Detecting for Eluvial Placer Gold Research is the Key to Success—Part II
October 2005 by Jim Straight
Before heading out to work the same old ground, or blindly seeking a previously unknown gold placer area to drywash or detect, maybe you would benefit from doing a little research.
Mining on the Comstock Lode
Even with the decades of mining and exploration, much of the Comstock is still underdeveloped and its potential not fully tapped.
All About Minerals
There are several common ways that new mineral crystals form and grow. Perhaps the simplest is when minerals form through the cooling of molten rock and the atoms bond together into mineral crystals.
Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold
We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.
Mine Reopening Could Revive Region
Cominco American Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Vancouver, British Columbia-based Cominco Ltd., is seeking regulatory approval to reopen the mine in early 2002.
Exceptional Gold Dredging in New Zealand
Gold was first discovered in New Zealand during the early 1840s, but it was only when prospectors located rich alluvial deposits of easily won gold in the South Island in 1861 that the country experienced its first true gold rush.
Mine, Baby, Mine!
In March 2012, the Obama administration filed a World Trade Organization complaint against China. Now this is the election season, and taking potshots at China is an easy and natural thing for just about any politician to do. It’s almost as easy as offering support for motherhood and apple pie because virtually no one is going to oppose you. But this complaint was about mining, and so I thought it worthwhile...
The Bawl Mill
• Reality show or reality?
• Big brother pays well...
• "Less is more" is really less
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• Newmont's Gold Quarry Mine
• EPA Offers Liability Protection to Spur Cleanups
• Study: West Has Vast Oil Shale Reserves
• Picks & Pans: Detecting Micro-Nuggets
• The Notch Peak Intrusive
• Recovering Fine Gold: Getting the Most from Your Sluice Box
• 2005 California State Gold Panning Championships
• Company Notes
• Tales of California Gold Discoveries 2nd in a Series—The Jenny Lind Mine
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• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
