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Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits
June 2010 by Jim Halloran
Here we examine where and why placers are found in glaciated landscapes from the Ice Ages.Mining Deaths Drop to New Low in 2001
Fatal injuries at mines in the United States declined last year to a historic new low, according to preliminary data released January 3, 2002, by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
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• Can you please shed some light on the material I collected...?
Prepping For A New Season of Gold Hunting
This article will hopefully provide a few constructive hints on how to use your downtime during the cold winter and the wet spring to best prepare for the upcoming nugget-hunting season.
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• Should I focus efforts on this particular rock type?
Mother Lode Leaf Gold
After removing about six inches of dirt and cobbles, the sound was a bit more recognizable. I was now confident that there was a definite target and not just a ground noise.
Proper Placer Sample Processing
...your sampling procedures should not be designed to catch gold your mining technique will never recover.
San Francisco Mint and US Gold Reserves
In 1717, Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the British Mint, established a fixed price for gold that was equivalent to around US$20.00 per ounce. This price was for bullion gold, refined to a purity of twenty-two karats (.917 fine).
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Sluicing at Rocky Bar, Idaho
• Nine Pound Nugget Found In Northern California!
• How Much Gold Is In My Gold-Quartz Specimen?
• Ask The Experts: Can you help me identify these items?
• Getting The Most Value From Your Gold-Quartz Specimens
• Highbanking and the House Rock
• Fix or Replace, Depreciate or Write-Off
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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Update on Oregon, Idaho and California Suction Dredge Permits
• ECU Silver Mining Continues The Legacy
