Hijackers Make Off With 660 Pounds of Gold

December 1999 by Associated Press

The Birimian Greenstone Belts of West Africa

June 2013
A few years ago I had a tremendous opportunity to visit Australia and hunt for gold there. The geology of the gold deposits there was somewhat different from what I was used to here in the US. I learned a lot about greenstone belt gold deposits while prospecting them in person, and it was an amazing trip.

GMV Minerals and Guyana Gold

August 2011
Guyanese gold deposits occur in deformed and metamorphosed greenstones made up of alternating mafic to felsic volcanic and sedimentary rocks intruded by granitoid basoliths and stocks.

Recovering Fine Gold: Getting the Most from Your Sluice Box

October 2005
The sluice box is probably the most common gold recovery device after the pan. For centuries, the sluice has been the world’s most popular device for medium to large-scale primary placer gold recovery.

Ask The Experts

June 2015
Is this a valid claim?

Fifteen and Counting

June 2012
For the 15th consecutive year, ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal was recently honored as “Prospecting Magazine of the Year” by the Best O’ North East Treasure Hunters!

CA Supreme Court Rules Against Rinehart - But There Is A Solution

September 2016
Even if the California Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Rinehart, suction dredge miners would be facing the wrath of the State Water Resources Control Board...

The Federal Land Survey System

March 1999
When the thirteen original colonies were laid out in what is now part of the United States, they used the English system of metes and bounds.

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