Former Sunshine Miners Find Work in Montana

July 2001 by Associated Press

Zeballos Gold Camp, British Columbia

June 2004
The mining and logging camp of Zeballos (pop. 272) is located on an arm of Esperanza Inlet, on the southwest side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Vancouver Island is 301 miles, by road, and reaches elevations as high as 7,249 feet.

Guinea Africa: Gold, Ebola, and A Monkey Barbecue

November 2014
Doubters be informed, yes, there is gold in Africa—lots of gold—and all the good and bad that comes with it.

The Bawl Mill

January 2005
• The "no shrimp left behind" act
• Someone has exceeded their credit limit

Take a Kid Detecting

January 2014
I thought things started off okay until I realized I had forgotten some of my gear and had to return to the house. My troubled start was not helped when my boy came up to me a few minutes after my return to show me his first nugget of the day.

Ask the Experts

February 2014
Email scams

2007 Annual Photo Contest Winners

January 2008

Breccia Pipes

December 2001
A breccia pipe, or chimney, is an irregular cylindrical mass of breccia that is often silicified and stands out as an iron-stained knob. They can be from a few feet to several hundred feet in diameter, and may or may not be mineralized.

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