Looking Back

May 2001 by Staff

A Primer on Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies—Part II

February 2018

We’ll conclude by digging a bit more into the regulations and pitfalls, and discuss what they are used for, their relationship to gold, and what the future holds.

Thinking Outside The Creek

March 2015
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

July 2013
• Hearing date moved up for preliminary injunction for California suction dredging
• Anti-mining bills in Oregon lead to recall effort

A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part I

September 2003
Most gold guidebooks just give a brief description of the geology of placers and focus more on the equipment and techniques used to recover placer gold or to metal detect for gold. This article hopes to stimulate your interest in a different direction.

Backwards Find

July 2013
I furiously started pulling material out of the side wall and putting it in my scoop. It didn't take long to discover that the source of the scream was from a one-ounce chunk...

California State Gold Panning Championships

October 2015
This year’s 2015 California State Gold Panning Championships were wild and hectic.

2016 Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit

October 2015
We’ve been fielding quite a few questions lately from subscribers and manufacturers wanting to know if we are going to host another Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit.

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The Bawl Mill   • Original Sixteen to One Goes to Court—Challenges MSHA Citations Part II   • The Golden Triangle of Sonora, Mexico   • Using Legal Subdivision   • Placer vs. Lode Gold   • Gold Tellurides: Tellurium, an Assay Impurity   • Court Hears Arguments Over Rights to Shipwreck   • Picks & Pans: How to Succeed in a Small Mine, A Case History: 1990-2000   • Charcoal Crucible Recipe   • Discovery of the Mountain Pass REO Deposit   • Romance of the Old Silver King   • Record-Breaking Alaskan Nugget for Sale   • Company Notes   • Nevada Gold Production Up Despite Lower Prices   • Gold in Guatemala   • Bush Taps Utah Resident for Labor Post   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices   • Honda Pares Down Use of Precious Metals in Autos

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