GATA Update

February 2001 by Staff

Explosives Camp Lets Students Explore Booming Career Path

September 2005
Ahhh, summer camp. Lazy days frolicking at the pool. Meeting new friends and swapping stories around the campfire. Slicing steel I-beams and concrete pillars and blowing them apart with C4 high explosives.

Brighter Days Ahead Reports Nevada Mining Association

October 2003
A new report predicts brighter days for mining in Nevada if the price of gold maintains at current levels.

All About Garnets

February 2013
I get a lot of questions from prospectors about garnets, their value and what they tell us about the geology of some types of mineral deposits. So I thought it would be a good idea to take a closer look at the lowly garnet and learn a bit more about it.

Remote Mining Camps of Yuma County

October 2006
The remote desert of southwestern Arizona was an attraction only because of the gold and other minerals that were found there. Certainly the weather was not a draw! The early mining days were tough—the mines were a long way from supplies, and hostile Indians made travel in the area extremely dangerous.

Melman on Gold & Silver

September 2014
...when we begin to observe what appears to be an early indication toward a more bullish stance in one of the major miners, that can reasonably provide us with a rising degree of optimism for the sector itself.

California and US Gold Panning Championships

October 2010
The objective was to pan down all the material from the three-gallon bucket, extract the gold into a small vial, and then signal completion. Every lost flake added a five-minute penalty.

Ask The Experts

March 2015
Q: Conflicting advice on motorized small-scale mining equipment

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