Gold Fever

August 1999 by W. Dan Hausel

Ask the Experts

June 2014
• Gold in West Virginia?

The Significance of Nuggets in Placers

January 2016
Chances are better that both types of gold did not come from the same source. Let's look at the probable conditions to cause two types of gold in a placer.

Pick Up Austria's New Coin—If You Can Lift It

November 2004
The Austrian Mint recently unveiled its new coin—a 68-pound, 24-carat gleaming gold disc worth about $500,000—touting it as the world’s largest and a powerful investment tool.

Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part II Recognizing and Understanding Rock Formations (Petrology)

February 2006
Rocks are an aggregate formed from the accumulation of minerals. Minerals form under various conditions, and when the minerals come together in mass, they form rocks.

The Centennial Lode and the Centennial Ridge District, Wyoming

October 2000
In 1874, placer gold was discovered in the Middle Fork of the Little Laramie River south of the present site of Centennial village. The source of the gold was traced upslope to a nearby ridge in the following year.

Prospecting Hard Rock

March 2014
We panned out maybe three gold pans of the material and we were shocked at the gold that was there. This rock appeared to be rich.

Ask The Experts

October 2015
• Is this a good time to invest in gold and silver?

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