All Articles
Gold in Australia
February 2004 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Australia is an island continent between the Pacific and Indian Oceans that is nearly 3 million square miles in area. Some 20 million people, mostly of British descent, live on the island, especially in coastal areas and in five major cities along the...
Ask The Experts
Is there a reasonable and cost effective way to separate out the values?
Gold in Quartz
Because quartz and gold may be deposited together across a considerable range of temperatures, not all quartz veins are the same, and there are several different types of gold-quartz deposits.
Picks & Pans: Leon Always Finds the Most Gold
Since 1986, I have spent the summer months camped out on a river, looking for gold. The summer of 2000 was no exception.
Over the Divide
Lesa Dale Barton, formerly of Armadillo Mining Shop of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away September 6, 2006 after bravely fighting cancer for several months.
The "Madonna Nugget"—A Weekend Hunt to Remember
I worked my way to a flat area along a ridge where I could see a quartz blowout. As I got within 100 feet of it, I started seeing rock that I knew to be associated with gold.
From Iowa to Alaska—How I Became A Gold Miner
May 18, 2019, after 26 years, I had finally saved enough money. I bought my one-way ticket to Fairbanks, Alaska, and I started off by finding a new job…
VLF Detectors and the Effect of Mineralization While Nuggetshooting
For those who are perplexed and puzzled by the mystery of “hot rocks,” or are considering using a VLF-type metal detector to seek gold nuggets, please read on.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Buying or Investing in Mineral Properties
• The Joy of Prospecting
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: Rattlesnakes in a Gold Camp
• Old-Time Mining Geology Books
• Ask the Experts: Recommended Reading—Part I
• The Tangential Impulse Water Wheel in California Gold Mining History—Part I
• Consider Adding Gold to Your Portfolio
• US Files Charges Against Gold Refiner
• Gold in Rotten Rock
• Restoring the Rule of Law to US Mining
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
