All Articles
Hardrock Prospecting in El Dorado County, California
September 2010 by Don Robinson
Three times we went back and finally found a clue. There was an old air shaft not far from the trail!
Additional articles that might interest you...
Quartzsite Gives Up Some Big Gold
June 2017
There is always an overwhelming feeling when finding gold of any size, but one like this doesn’t come along very often.
Over the Divide
July 2014
Charles L. Butler
1920 - 2014
Charles L. Butler
1920 - 2014
Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part I Recognizing and Understanding Minerals
January 2006
Many individual prospectors would like to know a little more about the geology of gold deposits. There is no doubt that in the final analysis, no matter how well you operate your equipment, unless you can find the places where gold is...
Many individual prospectors would like to know a little more about the geology of gold deposits. There is no doubt that in the final analysis, no matter how well you operate your equipment, unless you can find the places where gold is...
Jim Madden's Gold
July 2016
Maybe we could find a few pieces of ore from that tunnel? It was worth a try. The old timers didn’t have that stamp mill for looks, so we set off to get some samples.
Maybe we could find a few pieces of ore from that tunnel? It was worth a try. The old timers didn’t have that stamp mill for looks, so we set off to get some samples.
Company Notes
June 2001
• Vista Gold Corp
• Pan American Silver Corp
• Mountain Province Mining
• Vista Gold Corp
• Pan American Silver Corp
• Mountain Province Mining
Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire
September 2004
During the Miocene and Pliocene mid-Tertiary Epochs, the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts within parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona became the source—the genesis—of ubiquitous epithermal “precious metal” fissure-gold veins associated with extensive acidic volcanic lava flows that blanketed much of the Cordillera during this time.
During the Miocene and Pliocene mid-Tertiary Epochs, the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts within parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona became the source—the genesis—of ubiquitous epithermal “precious metal” fissure-gold veins associated with extensive acidic volcanic lava flows that blanketed much of the Cordillera during this time.
Mannequins Bring "Life" to Mining Museum
July 2000
Mining is coming back to Leadville, at least in spirit.
Mining is coming back to Leadville, at least in spirit.
Subscription Required:
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives
• Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
• The Jenkins Mine Project Pt II: Terrain and Map Study
• Search Called Off for Missing Treasure Hunters
• Glacial Gold in the Midwest
• Gold & Silver of the Comstock Lode
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Forest Service Pays Miners $245K for Unlawful Destruction of Mine
