Hardrock in Downieville

November 2000 by Mark Mallicoat

Time for a New Approach: Detecting Float Gold

September 2013
The first pieces found were in a spot that most gold hunters would not even detect, right in the middle of a downslope meadow.

Melman on Gold & Silver

September 2015
The most important question, of course, is when these deteriorating fundamentals (positive for the precious metals) will overcome the lengthy deterioration in the long-term trading charts for gold and silver and their associated mining shares.

Ask The Experts—Precious metals in water?

February 2011
How can I determine if there are precious metals in the groundwater?

Resolution Copper Project To Be Reviewed By Year-End

January 2021

If approved, the project would use block caving to extract the remaining ore, most of which is 7,000 feet below ground level.

Ask The Experts - Did gold deposits come from space or were they created underground?

September 2020

Melman on Gold & Silver

February 2012
All we can say is “Welcome to 2012,” and if the first part of January is any indication, it is going to be quite a year on many fronts from the ongoing international financial crisis to the progress of a presidential election set to end this coming November.

Melman on Gold & Silver

July 2014
Although there is no direct connection between the price of lumber and the precious metals, there is an important indirect one due to the importance of the housing market to overall economic activity.

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