Effectively Using a Detector and Drywasher for Placer Gold

January 2005 by Jim Straight

Environment-Friendly Dredging

February 2001
The modern gold prospector is a person of great moral fiber who loves the freedoms of this country and understands that with rights come responsibilities.

Melman on Gold & Silver

August 2001
Our world of precious metals showed several conflicting trends. Gold fell sharply from last month’s highs to the area between 265 and 270 and then stabilized in that area.

Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Sixteen to One Mine

April 2003
Manslaughter charges against the Original Sixteen to One Mine, company president Mike Miller, and manager Jonathan Farrell, were dismissed by Judge Stanley Young Jr. in Downieville, California.

Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining—Beaver County, Utah

May 2003
The Ruby Violet Mine is a rare red beryl locality that produces the only gem quality material of this type in the world. The mine is located in a topaz rhyolite within a rhyolite flow in the Wah Wah Mountains in Beaver, County, Utah.

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

December 2017

Melman on Gold & Silver

March 2011
...rising inflation has been perhaps the greatest single positive influence during past golden bull markets, and the fires of inflation, particularly those driven by rising food prices, do appear to be glowing ever brighter.

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