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Exploring La Trinidad Mine
January 2008 by Don Robinson
This was a trail for a mountain goat. It was wide enough for a person to travel, clear enough except for lots of broken shale, but steep, really steep. I was beginning to question my sanity as the eight of us dropped almost 1,200 feet down the mountainside in order to locate La Trinidad Mine. Just as it seemed we might have missed it, there it was in all its glory.Additional articles that might interest you...
The Search for Specimen (Pocket) Gold in the California Mother Lode
October 1999
Any good miner can drift along a vein to find concentrations of gold if it is there, using good eyes and panning.
Any good miner can drift along a vein to find concentrations of gold if it is there, using good eyes and panning.
ICMJ Online Forum Now Available
April 2013
We still have a few bugs to work out, but our new online forum is up and running.
We still have a few bugs to work out, but our new online forum is up and running.
Ask the Experts—Looking up mining claims on the Internet
December 2011
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?
Roads Protecting Grizzlies Reopen
August 1999
U.S. Forest Service officials are drawing criticism from environmentalists for reopening some back-country roads that had been closed to protect threatened grizzly bears.
U.S. Forest Service officials are drawing criticism from environmentalists for reopening some back-country roads that had been closed to protect threatened grizzly bears.
Prospecting for Surface Flood Gold Placers on Low and Intermediate Gradient Streams
February 2015
Sample panning is a very important method used to find the richest parts of a flood gold deposit before setting up equipment and running material.
Sample panning is a very important method used to find the richest parts of a flood gold deposit before setting up equipment and running material.Using Rock Formations to Your Advantage
June 2005
Over the past twenty or more years, the traditional “seat of the pants” science of using mineral identification tables as a means to identify common ore minerals, their associated rock-forming minerals and rocks, has slowly become a lost art.
Over the past twenty or more years, the traditional “seat of the pants” science of using mineral identification tables as a means to identify common ore minerals, their associated rock-forming minerals and rocks, has slowly become a lost art.
The Jenkins Mine Project Pt III -- Site Selection
October 2010
This sampling program was painfully tedious, and I’ve still got the calluses and embedded shovel splinters to prove it. But completing that testing program validated certain areas of the creek and eliminated others.
This sampling program was painfully tedious, and I’ve still got the calluses and embedded shovel splinters to prove it. But completing that testing program validated certain areas of the creek and eliminated others.
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