History & Geology
Exploring A Historic Lode Mine
August 2016 by James Erhart
Climbing up the debris, I pointed my flashlight up a shaft ascending straight up as far as my light would shine. It was the stope of the pay shoot leading to the old tunnel above!All About Pyrite
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Quartz: The Indicator of Gold
Quartz: The Indicator of Gold
A New Look at Old Mines
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Perception of Mining vs. Reality
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Reese River Silver Mining District, Nevada
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Sulfides and Intergrain Gold Wire Nuggets
...these nuggets have not traveled far from the lode because the golden wire lattices would have been torn apart or flattened during weathering of rock and deposition by violent stream action.
Gold in the San Francisco District Oatman, Mohave County, Arizona
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