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East Coast Dredger Heads West - Part I
January 2009 by David Shackleton
Prospectors east of the Mississippi have their share of gold bearing property to explore and prospect upon. There’s plenty of undiscovered gold on the bottoms of the creeks and rivers running through the eastern gold belt.
Money In, Money Out
With conventional financing still difficult to obtain, it is little wonder that “self-financing” is the number one form of financing used by small business owners, miners and prospectors.
Legislative Update
Robert Sanregret—Attorney at Law
Western Mining Council
National Association of Mining Districts
Mystery of the Reed Gold Mine Nuggets
The discovery of gold in Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, by young Conrad Reed, on a Sunday morning in the Summer of 1799, ushered in the search for gold in the continental United States.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Bill to address RS 2477
• Roadless Rule update
The Ferris-Haggarty Copper-Gold Mine, Grand Encampment District, Wyoming
At the close of the 19th Century, optimism was high that Wyoming would become an important source for copper much like the neighbor states of Colorado, Utah, and Montana. This dream was short-lived...
Company Looks at Restarting Sunshine Mine
The lights are on again in the Sunshine silver mine as a New Orleans company investigates whether it is profitable to buy the operation.
Critical Minerals: Tungsten
Because tungsten minerals are heavy, exploration can be done using stream sediment samples. Prospectors looking for gold have found scheelite or wolframite in their placer concentrates, and in some cases this has led them to make important tungsten finds.
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The Bawl Mill
• A Word From the Editor
• Reading A River: Finding The Paystreaks—Part II
• Placer Gold in the Ortiz Mountains
• Miners Discuss Struggles at NWMA
• Ask The Experts—Where to Take Sulfide Ore for Processing
• Ask The Experts—Where Would The Most Gold Tend To Be In This Deposit?
• Growing Pains of the Learning Curve
• Stillwater At Half Speed
• Elko County Has Highest State Median Income
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Pebble Deposit Reveals Mineral Potential







