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October 2002 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Picks & Pans: The Discovery Gulch Diggings
Cold, clear water flowed around my neck as I sat in a water hole on Discovery Gulch in Interior Alaska. I squinted up at the hot interior sun, as it seemed to be trying to mock me, frying me in it's 88 degree rays.
The Bawl Mill
• By the numbers...
• Railway plan is a bit off track
The Guaniamo Diamond Region, Venezuela—Part I
The considerable richness of the gravels is shown by the fact that operators have successfully worked the same river sections for over 20 years.
MMAC Update
Pearson called the trip, “The most productive so far. We are courting over a dozen potential sponsors now. We had some members call us back for additional meetings and several of these lasted over an hour.”
The Bawl Mill
• National "Perk" Service
• Can't see the forest through the trees
• Outsourcing the sauce
• I'll be there in "spirit"
The Vore Mine
The price of gold has certainly raised some eyebrows and has prompted some new prospectors onto the scene. They are faced with the same problem that we old timers have—where to find the gold.
Millsite Opinion Overturned!
Interior Secretary Gale Norton approved the reversal of controversial millsite restrictions that were put in place by the Clinton administration.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Placer Gold in Idaho
• Working the Belmont Mine Butte, Montana—1953
• Simple Sluice Design
• Cobalt and Nickel in Missouri
• Sunshine Mine Video Brings Back Painful Memories
• Hardrock Detecting
• Gold Garbage: Scams New & Old
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Professional Nuggetshooter
• Gondwana Gold and Diamonds
• Ghost Towns of Washington County, Utah
• The Fire Within
• 2002 California State Gold Panning Championships—Foresthill, California
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
