Millie's Tailings

February 2000 by Carolyn Dobbs

WWII Vet & Prospector Still Going Strong

July 2011
Lately I’ve been having success utilizing two types of detectors in succession. The first is a pulse induction (PI) detector with a blanket-style antennae, and I follow it up with a very low frequency (VLF) detector.

Prospecting Homonyms

April 2012
Three homonyms come to mind when I think of gemstones, gold and vegetables: carrot, carat and karat. Let’s look at carrot first.

The Bawl Mill

June 2010
• Set for life...at everyone else’s expense
• As long as we’re giving away money...
• Consulting pays well in NY
• The old bait and switch...
• Not an enviable record

Pullin' the Pin

November 1999
I first saw Pioche, Nevada while hitch-hiking into town in an old Ford with three good tires and one wheel hammered to an ugly steel disc on fifty miles of blacktop.

The Bawl Mill

December 2008
• Taxpayers may be in double jeopardy?
• Don't ask; won't tell...
• By the numbers...

Newmont Looks to Ghana

February 2006
Newmont Mining Corp. is intensifying a global hunt for the next mother lode of gold.

Ask the Experts

November 2007
Q: How do we get Congress to make up for some of their blunders and do something productive for a change, such as releasing those withdrawn WSAs?

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