Looking Back

November 2004 by Staff

Eastern Arizona: Gold and Base Metal Deposits—Part I

February 2011
Arizona is well-known for its copper-gold porphyries and massive base metal-gold sulfide deposits such that primary gold deposits in the state are often overshadowed.

Ask The Experts: Is this BLM demand legitimate?

November 2016

Q: The Arizona BLM state office has started sending out registered letters to association placer claim holders...

Court Hears Arguments Over Rights to Shipwreck

May 2001
Nearly a century after the luxury liner RMS Republic sank off Nantucket, treasure hunters are still battling over the ship’s cargo, which some believe includes gold coins now worth more than $1 billion.

Refractory Gold Processing

February 2013
After your excitement peaks when you first receive the high gold assay from the vein you just exposed, you ponder how you will extract and sell your gold. You will need to develop a flow sheet for your process to optimize your recovery and minimize your costs and permit requirements.

Company Notes

November 2000
• Royal Gold, Inc.
• Fairmile GoldTech, Inc.
• Gemcom Software Int'l Inc.
• Homestake Mining Company

Customizing Your Dredge

January 2013
I am going to suggest dozens of ways you can increase suction power, dredge to greater depths, and improve recovery methods in your sluice box.

Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part II Recognizing and Understanding Rock Formations (Petrology)

February 2006
Rocks are an aggregate formed from the accumulation of minerals. Minerals form under various conditions, and when the minerals come together in mass, they form rocks.

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