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Elizabethtown: Uncovering a Buried California Mining Community
July 1999 by Richard H. Peterson, PhD
Although there are many mining ghost towns in California, it is rare to find the ruins of one that was abandoned 140 years ago and then subsequently buried by hydraulic mining debris.A Modern Gold Rush In Sudan
A couple of months ago, folks on the US and Aussie online gold forums started noticing that GP4500 detectors (Minelab’s top of the line gold unit) were selling used for prices significantly more than they cost new!
Picks & Pans: The California State Nugget
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Reading A River: Finding The Paystreaks—Part I
![Gold will be concentrated behind large boulders like this one during flooding or high water.](/UserFiles/file/200812/toc-reading-a-river-2.jpg)
Alaska's Cripple Creek Mining District
If developed with metal detecting in mind, this virgin ground could be a bonanza for nugget hunting.
Fighting and Winning Without a Lawyer
This article may not be as interesting as someone describing a big nugget find in Australia...but right now the biggest obstacle to mining is our government.
The Bawl Mill
• Some of us probably recall the saying "the fly in the ointment."...
• "You must be morons to send me this letter!"
• Worried about Y2K?—Trust in God and the FDIC...
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The Bawl Mill
• Gold Hunters Hit the Web in Fight with Missile Range
• Religious Broadcaster in Liberia Mining Venture
• Kazak Government Collects Gold from Residents
• Recreational Gold Panning on the South Yuba River
• Groups Wonder Meaning of Call for More Wilderness
• Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due
• Desert Bonanza
• Gold Near Boulder, Colorado
• Company Notes
• The Carissa Gold Mine, South Pass, Wyoming—A Sleeper?
• Tantalum
• Building the American Dream
• Picks & Pans: A Pay Streak in Slate
• California Diamonds
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Silver Demand Driving Mine Production Up—Mexico Remains Number One Producer
• Looking Back
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