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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.
A Note from the Editor
Also in the good news category, the current administration has taken many of our recommendations regarding much-needed regulatory relief to heart.
MMAC Update
After many decades of closures, land-use restrictions, and over-regulation, miners and all other public land users may finally see some real relief due to the efforts of MMAC.
Picks & Pans: Detecting in Northern Nevada
One of the newest opportunities available to the individual prospector is the exchange of information over the Internet. A number of websites and forums dedicated to prospecting for gold have sprung up in recent years.
Melman on Gold & Silver
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.
Happy Birthday, ICMJ!
Melman Reports From PDAC—News About India, China, and a Potential Shortage of Nickel
PDAC’s (Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada) annual convention held each spring in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is generally regarded as the largest and most impressive annual gathering of the mining industry in the world.
The Kern River Gold Rush
The tall grasses of the rolling foothills of eastern Kern County, California, hide traces of what was once a major gold rush.
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The Bawl Mill
• 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
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
