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Investing In Junior Mining Stocks
September 2008 by Leonard Melman
How to invest in junior mining stocks: In order to form a basis for evaluating mining stocks, it is important to understand the progression of projects from the very first glimmerings in the eyes of a prospector to actual, full-scale, revenue-producing production of the metals themselves.Sampling Placer Stockpiles
Sampling other people's stockpiles or dumps has some inherent risks that sampling undisturbed ground does not have.
Epithermal Gold and Silver Deposits
Epithermal deposits form in the ground at shallow depths. They are popular with prospectors because can yield very rich deposits and they are widespread in the Western US.
Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire
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.
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Problems finding gold with a detector
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Planners are narrowing their options for managing the 5.3 million-acre area Chugach National Forest.
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