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Gifts of Gold for University of Zimbabwe
September 2009 by Ann Kritzinger
The design of the makorokoza’s handmade wooden pans has not changed over the centuries. Until Rege introduced it to them they had seen nothing like a spiral wheel concentrator.
Alaskan Gold Adventure
In Chicken I had my first experience with the famous Alaska blue clay, sometimes called the blue layer. The blue layer is where the best fine gold was to be found.
Over The Divide: Charles "Chuck" Cushman
Gold Prospecting in Gatesville, Indiana
Gatesville is not the only place to find easy public access for gold prospecting opportunities in Central Indiana.
Montana Gold and Sapphires Revisited
I had a chance to visit the operation in person and talk with Neal. I was very impressed and I think our readers could learn a lot about building up a commercial placer operation from scratch…
Jim Butler's Political Career
The Nevada Historical Society's "This Was Nevada" Series
Understanding and Prospecting Benches
The most obvious benches are usually near the valley floor, but they can be thousands of feet above the valley floor. Since benches were made by streams, they can contain placer deposits.
Miners Clean Washington Rivers and Streams
The Washington Department of Health has issued several warnings about mercury contamination in fish and shellfish. The small-scale mining community is the only group that is actively removing mercury and lead from the waterways of the State of Washington using the only economically feasible method available—with suction dredges and other small-scale mining equipment.
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Drive Under Way to Restore the Rights of Suction Dredgers
• Abbey Confirmed As BLM Director
• Flood Stage—The Key to Reading a River
• Noted Geologist Murdered in Kenya
• South Yuba River Recreational Area
• Rio Employees Face Trade Secrets, Bribery Charges
• Pocket Mining Potential in Nevada's East Humboldt Range
• Company Finds Gold in Wyoming’s Rattlesnake Hills
• The Economic Impact of Suction Dredging in California
• Bucket Line Dredges
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
