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Historical Mining Methods
May 2004 by Frank Lorey III
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 started the great gold rush to California. The account that drew national and worldwide notice was a small, two-inch item at the bottom of the front page of the March 15, 1848 issue of the “Californian,” published in San Francisco. The article was attributed to B.R. Buckelew, and mentioned quantities of gold just being “gathered.”Additional articles that might interest you...
Ask The Experts - A metal detector for Ghana?
November 2020
Using Vegetation and Soil Conditions as Prospecting Aids
January 2013
Wouldn’t it be great if you could know if there is gold in the ground without setting foot on the ground? Well you can, to a certain extent, if you can recognize mined ground from unmined.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could know if there is gold in the ground without setting foot on the ground? Well you can, to a certain extent, if you can recognize mined ground from unmined.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2011
• Refunds coming to Nevada claimholders
• More wilderness proposed
• Forest Service planning rule
• Refunds coming to Nevada claimholders
• More wilderness proposed
• Forest Service planning rule
Clean Fuel, Cleaner Air
February 2001
A-55 Clean fuels, which are emulsions of oil and water, are said to produce much lower oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter emissions.
A-55 Clean fuels, which are emulsions of oil and water, are said to produce much lower oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter emissions.
Prospecting For Gold—The Osborne/Herman Hardrock Mine
August 2007
We’re always out there looking, checking, researching and trying to locate a new prospect or deposit. It’s always a question as to where to start. Some days we head down to the river to do some panning, sluicing or dredging.
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Detecting in the Outback
February 2013
I have always enjoyed finding things. As a kid and up through college I searched for arrowheads, rocks and fossils. One day I saw an ad for a metal detector in a magazine, and a week later I was digging up everyone’s yard...
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The Bawl Mill
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• Gold Mine Plans Upheld in Lawsuit
• DOI Computers Back Online
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