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Gold in Rotten Rock
February 2004 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Rotten rock (saprolite) can be found in all warm, humid regions, but is best developed in humid, subtropical climates, like that found in the American South. Outwardly, it looks like bedrock, but upon closer inspection, it can be seen that roots penetrate it and that it can be worked with a shovel or hydraulic monitor.Additional articles that might interest you...
Ask the Experts
November 2012
Questions regarding processing black sands
Questions regarding processing black sands
The Bawl Mill
November 2005
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• A good travel agent is hard to find...
• What’s a “surplus?”
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• A good travel agent is hard to find...
• What’s a “surplus?”
The Upper Susitna Goldfields
January 2007
The upper Susitna Goldfields, sometimes known as the Valdez Creek Mining District, are located 150 miles northeast of Anchorage off the Denali Highway in the Alaska Range. Though a small mining district, it was the “jewelry box” of the...
The upper Susitna Goldfields, sometimes known as the Valdez Creek Mining District, are located 150 miles northeast of Anchorage off the Denali Highway in the Alaska Range. Though a small mining district, it was the “jewelry box” of the...
Investors Hope to Revive Idaho Gold Mine
June 2001
A small group of investors led by retired businessman Ray Bohn is trying to revive a remote Idaho gold mine shut down since 1942.
A small group of investors led by retired businessman Ray Bohn is trying to revive a remote Idaho gold mine shut down since 1942.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2010
• The good, the bad, and the ugly
• California and Oregon dredge permits
• The good, the bad, and the ugly
• California and Oregon dredge permits
From Hand Sluice to Dredge
December 2008
Gold prospecting in Virginia: Like most prospecting greenhorns, I entered the gold prospecting hobby with a pan, a shovel and a hand sluice. It was January 2007, and I had just stumbled upon the hobby of gold prospecting while researching...
Gold prospecting in Virginia: Like most prospecting greenhorns, I entered the gold prospecting hobby with a pan, a shovel and a hand sluice. It was January 2007, and I had just stumbled upon the hobby of gold prospecting while researching...
The Bawl Mill
October 1999
• Some of us probably recall the saying "the fly in the ointment."...
• "You must be morons to send me this letter!"
• Worried about Y2K?—Trust in God and the FDIC...
• Some of us probably recall the saying "the fly in the ointment."...
• "You must be morons to send me this letter!"
• Worried about Y2K?—Trust in God and the FDIC...
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