Looking Back

March 2000 by Staff

Looking Back

March 1999
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Picks & Pans: Prospecting for Lode Gold

October 1999
Most of the world's ore deposits have been found by prospectors, not by geologists nor mining engineers. This article has been prepared with this fact in mind.

Comstock Mining Gets Approval

February 2014
The approval, which affects 87 acres on the south end of Silver City, allows the company to move forward with exploration to determine the area's mining potential.

Ask The Experts: “Energy” coming from black sand?

January 2017

Q: I have a question/request regarding some black sand left from my Dad’s prospecting days.

Hillside Placers

July 2003
Hills and mountains that contain gold deposits will weather and erode over a long period of time, and the eroded material will move slowly downhill. Frost wedging and roots are two of several agents that can cause bedrock to be fractured and...

World Gold Council Launches New Gold Bullion Securities

January 2004
Thanks to the efforts of the World Gold Council (WGC), investors in the yellow metal now have an excellent new way in which to participate in gold’s price movements.

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