From the Editor

May 2017 by Scott Harn

First, I want to mention our new website. For over 18 months we’ve been working on a new design to make it easier to find the articles you are most interested in...

Time for a New Approach: Detecting Float Gold

September 2013
The first pieces found were in a spot that most gold hunters would not even detect, right in the middle of a downslope meadow.

Time Well Spent

January 2012
Time is a commodity which if traded would dwarf the price of gold. Nobody has enough of it; we can’t make more of it; and whether squandered or spent wisely, once gone, it’s gone forever. To find gold we have to spend time.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2011
• More roadblocks to dredging in California
• Two Oregon Sheriffs challenge Forest Service authority
• Gold is money

Melman on Gold & Silver

November 2018

It appears that market softness due to a slowing Chinese economy may already have affected precious and base metals quotes.

A Modern Day Prospector’s Story

March 2008
My first encounter with rocks and minerals started as a young child in the company of my siblings investigating the rocky mounds placed around the Australian coastline to help prevent erosion just north of Brisbane...

Hundreds Rally in Support of PLP Octoberfest Fundraiser

December 2014
...more folks rolled in on Saturday morning and many were eager to venture out onto the Sleepy Bear property—all 415 acres—and try their luck at finding some gold.

Persistence Pays off for Cusac Gold Mines

March 2007
Cusac Gold Mines is a Canadian junior mining corporation conducting their operations and explorations in one of the most remote areas in the North American continent, near the one-time town of Cassiar.

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