Prospecting & Detecting
Fortymile, Alaska Prospecting Adventure
August 2013 by Steve Herschbach
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Fountain of Youth Gold
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A Few Methods for Sampling Hardrock Deposits
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The Hunt for Remote Canyon Gold
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Will El Nino Move Gold for Miners and End California Drought?
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The Half-Mile Claim
We dug and extracted for two more hours. This time, as I dumped the concentrates, I saw a piece of gold three-fourths of an inch long and as big around as a pencil.
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