History & Geology
Gangue Minerals - What Do They Tell Us?
January 2017 by Chris Ralph
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Prospector's Guide to Rock Breaking and Blasting
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The Golden Days of Julian, California
Some scattered reports say that gold may have been washed from streams here as early as the 1840s, but the undisputed major discovery came in 1870.
Silver Peak, Nevada: A Little of Everything
Silver Peak is a small mining community in Esmeralda County in west-central Nevada, about 30 miles west of Goldfield. Although it’s fairly remote, it’s been an important mining center since the early days.
Reese River Silver Mining District, Nevada
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The Wild Rush to Find More Cobalt—Part I
While some future cobalt will come from recycling lithium batteries and other products, the coming huge need for cobalt is virtually a perfect storm of heavy demand and insufficient supply.
Over the Divide: John A. Miscovich
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts: Could you expand on your previous blasting article?
• Ask The Experts: Equipment to break up heavy clay
• Ask The Experts: “Energy” coming from black sand?
• Ask The Experts: Assay problem or recovery problem?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas—Part II
• The Winning Hand
• Early Winter Detecting in the Sierras
• Mining Districts in Montana Get Organized
• Feds Deny Lease Renewals for Minnesota Mine
• Obama Administration Moves to Block Mining Near Yellowstone
• The Perfect Response
• MMAC Update
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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