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Looking Back
August 2007 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.A Changing Diamond Industry Looks to Canada for Growth
Robert Gannicott speaks in almost spiritual tones about the position his small Canadian diamond company holds and the forces—both natural and economic—that put it there.
The Art of Finding Coarse Gold—Part III
In the first part of this article, we took a look at the special geology required to form coarse gold. In the second part, we looked at field examples of coarse gold occurrences and the geology of residual placers.
Picks & Pans: Mining in Ghana
I recently returned from Ghana, West Africa. My time there was not a two-week tourist trip, but rather a time to discover the real Ghana, and to determine if I might have a future there in the mining business. I stayed almost three years.
MMAC & PLP Update
May 2016PLP had been attempting to raise funds to hire a lobbyist. The excessive cost made it prohibitive, so Clark and Joe packed up their bags and headed off to make this trip themselves.
The Greenhorn
I wanted to become part of the romance of Colorado—to become part of the romance of mining in those majestic mountains. The path ahead of me was much rougher than I anticipated.
The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide Part I—History, Suitablility and Permitting
Hardrock mining is usually done on a large scale, and although a few small-scale hardrock operations still exist, it’s not an easy operation to start up and run profitably.
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• Ask the Experts
• The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide
• Will California Dredging Survive?
• Prospecting For Gold—The Osborne/Herman Hardrock Mine
• Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle
• From Spanish Mine to Modern-Day Exploration: The Historic Gold-Silver Camp of Palmarejo
• Spanish Police Seize Ship in Treasure Fight
• Gold Mine Proposed in Jefferson County
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
