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November 2004 by Staff

Chasing the Ghosts of Forty-Niners

February 2000
Plodding in the footsteps of the forty-niners across the sun-baked Nevada desert, I feel the ghost of a man named Israel Lord tap me on the shoulder.

Subscriber Locates Large Diamond at Arkansas Diamond Park

May 2009
Worthington was washing gravel that he’d dug out of the park’s east drain, a low area in the park’s diamond search area, when he found the yellow diamond in his screen. It was in the last bucket he planned to wash before shutting down for Easter weekend.

Picks & Pans: Winter Prospecting and "Forty Mile" Miller

January 2004
It was in the mid-70s. I had just finished setting my traps out along the river when it dawned on me where “Forty Mile” Miller’s old hardrock outcrop was. Here I was, standing on snowshoes, floundering in three feet of snow, bracing myself so I wouldn’t...

Looking Back

November 2000
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.

The Silver Islet Mountains of Utah

January 2014
I set up my dry washer on the north side of the cut and sampled the bed rock and dumps around me. As I was only sampling, I ran for 20-30 minutes, shoveling from a variety of areas.

Gold Prospecting: For Better or Worse--It Was A Dark and Overcast Night

October 2018

With one outstretched hand grasping the bottle and the other waving at air, I moved forward feeling for the tent. No tent. No tree.

2006 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees

August 2006
The four inductees are Earl H. Beistline (1916-Present), R. A. F. Penrose (1863-931), Robert M. Reininger (1912-2006), and John Stanton (1830-1906).

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