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Mining Journal Receives Honor

For the 20th consecutive year, ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal was voted “Prospecting Magazine of the Year”...

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Backwards Find


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Metal Detecting Old Hard Rock Mine Dumps


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Piggin' for Gold


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Sampling for Success—Part II


The first and most important thing of the sampling process is to try to be as unbiased as possible. There is a natural tendency to select rock that looks the best—even unconsciously.

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