Melman on Gold & Silver

November 1999 by Leonard Melman

Proper Placer Sample Processing

November 2013
...your sampling procedures should not be designed to catch gold your mining technique will never recover.

Ask the Experts—Access to mining claim across private land

December 2011

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...

Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska

March 2008
There are lots of stories about the big gold found in Alaska, but where does a prospector get the idea that it’s something the every day gold miner might get involved in? One must understand that the quest for gold in the mid-1800s brought...

Re-Opening Nevada’s Relief Canyon Mine

March 2018

When I read about these new discoveries, I often wonder how the original operators ignored all the additional ore. Yet this has happened again and again in Nevada and many other places.

Training Videos From NIOSH

April 2004
Mining safety professionals can take advantage of training videos provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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.

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