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Gold at Quartzville, Oregon
June 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
The site of the old mining camp of Quartzville is 30 miles northeast of Sweet Home, Oregon, via a road which is paved for much of the distance. It is located in mountainous terrain along the west slope of the rugged Cascade Range, with elevations ranging from 1,600 to over 4,000 feet.The Bawl Mill
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The Assay of High Iron Gold Ores
By employing this technique, one can use a larger sample size without having to resort to large crucibles and massive amounts of flux.
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Q: Do I still have rights to this mining claim?
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I recently returned from Ghana, West Africa. My time there was not a two-week tourist trip, but rather a time to discover the real Ghana, and to determine if I might have a future there in the mining business. I stayed almost three years.
Introduction to Meteorites
The distribution of meteorites across the planet was, at one time, thought to be random and unpredictable.
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