Prospecting & Detecting
From Vietnam to Wedding Bands
February 2017 by Ron Kliewer

Hard Rock 101: Blasting With Kinepak Explosives
Fortunately, there are products on the market that can address these problems and make a small-scale mining operation feasible.
Soft Rock Excavation Techniques
The Highs and Lows of Drywashing

The Challenge of Winter Dredging

Georgetown CA: A Historically Rich Mother Lode Treasure
The interesting thing about the Mother Lode area is that we can pretty much find at least a little gold in any creek or river (and even in some of the many dry gulches).
Finding Streams of Gold

How to Evaluate Mineral Claims—What to Know Before You Buy
Even though they have put down thousands of dollars, the buyers often stop paying on their claims part way through the process after they realize they’ve been duped, but the company just sells it again to another buyer.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Ask The Experts: Looking for help on unproven claim
• Calcite and Limestone
• Detecting Basics: Lose the Bad Habits Not the Gold
• Feather River Gold
• Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits
• Underground Mining: Getting the Ore Out
• Trade-Ins, Swaps and Like-Kind Exchanges
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Free:
MMAC Update