Gold Rush Continues in Africa

March 2015 by Chris Ralph

One Question, Forever Unanswered—Did He Really Find the Gold?

May 2011
This was one of those stories where you have no doubt that the person telling it believes it to be true. But was it?

All About Minerals

November 2015
There are several common ways that new mineral crystals form and grow. Perhaps the simplest is when minerals form through the cooling of molten rock and the atoms bond together into mineral crystals.

Placer Gold Deposits of New Mexico

February 2019

While a large number of locations have yielded some placer gold, most of the state’s placer production has come from a few productive districts.

Critical Metals: Copper

May 2012
From time to time I’ve been doing a series on critical metals and how important they are to our complex and technological society. This month we are going to take a look at copper, and how important that metal is to our modern lives.

Gold Ores of the Delamar District, Nevada

August 2014
Even as late as 1906, Delamar was second only to Tonopah and Goldfield in production outshining many better known areas. Since the first discoveries, more than 700,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the mines here.

Gold Refining In The Ancient World

March 2015

One thing that stood out for me is that Agricola was very specific about the type of metal or wood in the implements and vessels that were to be used.

Yesterday's Gold—Today's Mine

December 2011
It would seem that we are often indeed destined to repeat history. In terms of gold discovery, even with all the advancements that have been made over the years, it seems we are once again on the cusp of returning to the 1800s world of gold mining. Even as you read this, a new gold rush is taking place in a sleepy little town in South Carolina.

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