Looking Back

July 1999 by Staff

Detecting for Possible Mid-Range Eluvial Gold

September 2006
Actually, this mid-range gold zone can exist in any eluvial placer field with a shallow zone where the ground “tightens up” below the loosely packed surface dirt to harder packed dirt. However, its presence depends upon several factors:

The Fence

October 2009
When I dropped the boulder into my son’s hand everyone spoke a single word in unison, “Wow!”

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2005
People who want to believe that the sky is falling or the end of the (economic) world is at hand sure had ammunition thrown at them by the bucketfuls in the past month.

Alaska's Cripple Creek Mining District

November 2011
If developed with metal detecting in mind, this virgin ground could be a bonanza for nugget hunting.

How to Research Prospecting Locations and Mining Claims

April 2020

If you are interested in researching mining claims for any purpose, you will first have to decipher the BLM’s LR2000, a Rube Goldberg database seemingly designed by a 1980s Soviet-era computer hacker.

Gold in Tennessee

June 2003
The best known placer gold locality in Tennessee is the Coker Creek district, in the southeastern part of the state. The district lies within Cherokee National Forest and covers Coker Creek and its tributaries on the west side of the Smoky Mountains.

Two Nevada Mines Look to Supply Own Power

July 2004
Newmont and Barrick are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to high electricity prices.

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