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Effectively Using a Detector and Drywasher for Placer Gold
January 2005 by Jim Straight
A "How-To" method for small group sniping and reclaiming old placer areas.Finding Gold in Mokelumne River Canyon

Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Extremist groups are at it again
• Trump-era actions on endangered species being reviewed again.
Gold Refining In The Ancient World
Elko County Has Highest State Median Income
New statistics released by the US Census Bureau show Elko County has the highest median family income in Nevada, thanks to the mining industry.
Looking Back
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.
The Bawl Mill
• Man turns in two gold bars...
• You'd better get used to the dark...
Subtle and Not So Subtle Dangers of Hard Rock Mining
I’ve been in enough mines to know better, and I mentally kicked myself several times. That was a close call…
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The Bawl Mill
• Convention Report
• Interview with Congressman Gibbons on Mining Law Reform
• The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part II—Pocket Hunting for Residual Placers
• Gold Canyon Resources Targets Gallium
• Tucson Mountain Chaos
• Picks & Pans: Auburn Ravine Gold
• Suit Filed to Stop Mining in Northern California
• Niobium and Tantalum
• The Iola Mine Group, Montgomery County, North Carolina
• Mining Companies Use Conservative Valuations
• Company Notes
• Accident at Robinson Mine Leaves Two Dead
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices