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

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The Seven Troughs Mining District


The favorable geology of the northeastern and central parts of the Seven Troughs Range are the parts most interesting to prospectors. They are underlain by a thick sequence of Tertiary volcanic rocks, mostly rhyolites and andesites.

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The Golden Triangle of Sonora, Mexico


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Looking Back


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

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