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Great Basin Gold
June 2001 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
The Great Basin, first named by Capt. John Fremont in 1843, consists of a vast region of internal drainage, occupying most of Nevada and western Utah, and parts of California, Oregon, and Idaho.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Seldom in the 22 years we have been writing in this space have we ever seen a parade of such important events pass along the world’s newswires and print media.
Melman on Gold & Silver
...we believe that these measures will also lead to diminished profitability, diminished tax revenues and, therefore, increasing calls for massive new economic stimulation which again, by historic standards, could well work to the benefit of the precious metals.
Hunting for Big Gold in a Haunted Canyon
More than one prospector has gone into that canyon and never came out.
An Interesting Time in the Historic Rand Mining District
November 2022Detecting: Small Creek Yields Good Gold
Most of our gold recoveries have been in the cracks of the bedrock. Hot rocks in the form of dikes cross the creek at various locations, causing us to skip those areas.
Ask The Experts - A metal detector for Ghana?
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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