Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2016 by Scott Harn

The Bawl Mill

March 2007
• How about another slice of pie?
• An Inconvenient Interview
• Name That Tune

The Treasure Detective—Part II

August 2006
GNIS is an acronym for the “Geographic Names Information Service” that is maintained by the United States Geological Survey. The database catalogs and standardizes place names in the United States. This information set has nearly 2,000,000...

MMAC & PLP Update

October 2016
There are some miners who are under the impression that an organized Mining District will immediately get the regulatory agencies off their backs so they can start digging or dredging again.

Pick Up Austria's New Coin—If You Can Lift It

November 2004
The Austrian Mint recently unveiled its new coin—a 68-pound, 24-carat gleaming gold disc worth about $500,000—touting it as the world’s largest and a powerful investment tool.

Looking Back

May 2002
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Secrets of Successful Prospecting

April 2019

Winter is the time for research, and if you haven’t already done some research to find new places to prospect, now is the time to cram in some last minute research before the good weather arrives.

Fountain of Youth Gold

May 2011
Across and downstream of our operation was a large pile of huge boulders. It was logical to think that water forces may have deposited gold in and around these boulders. We moved our dredge over and started pulling the rock pile apart.

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