All Articles
Melman Reports From PDAC—News About India, China, and a Potential Shortage of Nickel
April 2004 by Leonard Melman
PDAC’s (Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada) annual convention held each spring in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is generally regarded as the largest and most impressive annual gathering of the mining industry in the world.
Dawson City and the World Gold Panning Championships
Each year the World Gold Panning Association (WGPA) holds a world championship in one of the twenty countries that are members. The decision as to where to hold each championship involves many factors...
That First Nugget
After getting all the gear together we headed up the old road that led us to an old ground sluice site. George and Kaleb were using lightweight VLF (very low frequency) detectors. I carried a newer technology unit that is just a tad coil-heavy in the front.
Bella's Birthday Nugget
...under Oakie Jim’s leadership, Lunker Hill was to become a textbook operation of using handheld very low frequency (VLF) and pulse induction (PI) metal detectors to recover placer gold...
Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part III
The higher the sensitivity setting, the louder and sharper the signal from a gold nugget or other metal target.
Melman on Gold & Silver
One of the oldest sayings we all learned as children was “Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” Following developments during the past month, we might rephrase that as “Questions, questions, everywhere, but not an answer to truly trust.”
Environmental Analysis Starts for Proposed Idaho Gold Mine
“We feel that we can clean up an area that has been abandoned after 100 years of mining,” Lyon said.
Our Readers Say
“...where does the NFS get the authority and power to restrict access...”
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Wyoming—A Land That Time (And Explorationists) Forgot
• Two Arrested in Alleged Mining Investment Scheme
• Wall-Rock Alteration
• Picks & Pans: Family's Identity Forged Working Nevada's Gold
• Researching Suitable Areas to Detect for Free-Milling Gold
• A Working Arrastra
• Training Videos From NIOSH
• The Golden Highway—Amador County
• Prospectores Unite in Washington State
• Flexible Circuits Possible From Gold Wire
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
