Looking Back

July 2000 by Staff

Saved Before the Tax Bell Tolled

February 2007
The owners of many prospecting, dredging and mining operations may be missing a number of newly extended and expanded tax breaks under the false impressions that they expired. Other tax breaks that may have been overlooked in the past have now been clarified thanks to the last-minute passage of a new tax law.

How To Locate Diamonds

July 2008
How to locate diamonds: This article focuses on the principal host rock for diamond and describes some gemstones (and kimberlitic indicator minerals) typically found with diamond.

Ask The Experts - Where can I get geological maps?

September 2017

Do Gold Nuggets Come Out At Night?

July 2021

There were many small gold placers found and worked in the deserts in the old days, which had then been pretty much forgotten about. We all tried to be the first to re-discover these spots.

Ask the Experts: More suggestions for dealing with metallic trash....

August 2012
Q: Thanks for the great article in the recent ICMJ [“Metallic Trash—Scourge of the Prospector,” July 2012]...

Looking Back

January 2003
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Our Readers Say

August 2000
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• "No claim in the world can be economically exploited without mechanical means."

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