Looking Back

July 2003 by Staff

Looking Back

February 2001
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Washington Gold & Fish Regulations Update

February 2008
The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) announced the release of their new small-scale mining regulations. Public meetings were scheduled at several locations in the state to collect comments, but we learned just prior to press time that the process has come to a halt.

The Significance of Boulders in Placer Deposits

February 2010
The good news about boulders is they can trap heavy minerals. The bad news is moving them out of the way can be a real struggle.

Gold in Kansas and Oklahoma

January 2001
The Great Plains region, contrary to popular opinion, is not entirely flat. There are areas of low hills and badlands, and it is in such areas where gold has been found. The areas of interest range from 700 to 3,000 feet in elevation, with annual precipitation ranging from 15 to 40 inches, in the form of summer thunderstorms and winter snow.

The Yukon-Klondike Goldfields—Part I

September 2006
There has been more written on the Klondike Gold Rush than any rush in the history of the world. Some highlights have been written below, a mere grain of sand of information to glean. The price of gold during the 1890s averaged $20.67 per ounce.

Gold in Washington

April 2000
The state of Washington, the smallest, in area, of the western states, is dominated by the north-trending Cascade Range. The highest peak in the Cascades, Mt. Rainier, reaches an elevation of 14,411 feet.

Follow the Line

February 2018

Four nuggets, ranging from one to four pennyweight, had been found originally. All four nuggets were found in a line about ten feet apart from each other.

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