Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

August 2002 by Staff

Ask The Experts: How to handle gold in cyanide; how to sample a platinum deposit

May 2010
Is there a method which can be done safely to get the metals to drop out of the cyanide solution? What is the best way to learn how to evaluate the potential of this serpentine platinum deposit potential?

Drywashing for Eluvial Gold in the Desert—Using a Portable Drywasher and Hand Tools

February 2005
Often the gold being recovered by drywashing is too fine to be recovered by metal detecting. For every “detectable” nugget found, there could be hundreds of smaller flakes of non-detectable size. Thus, for those that “read the ground,” and snipe for areas of favorable placer concentration, drywashing will continue to be both an inexpensive...

PLP President Intervenes on Behalf of Dredgers

February 2006
Jerry Hobbs, president of Public Lands for the People, is taking action to prevent undue restrictions on miners utilizing suction dredges in California.

Forest Service Final Rule—When is a Notice or Plan Required?

July 2005
On June 6, 2005, the Forest Service published a Final Rule regarding section 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 228 (36 CFR 228) titled, “Clarification as to When a Notice of Intent to Operate and/or Plan of Operation is Needed..."

Out of the Ashes—New Access to Gold

November 2018

As I arrived at my detecting location, I got all my gear and headed up the trail. I had to stop and take in the devastation all around me.

In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres—Purchasing Land in Mexico

March 2007
My wife and I spent three years laying the groundwork to build a processing mill for gold, silver, lead and some zinc in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Northern Mexico, in the state of Sonora. In this installment, I describe how we purchased the land to build the new mill.

Pacific Northwest Miners Request Help

August 2001
On May 29, 2001, the Siskiyou Natl. Forest (SNF) announced that they will be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the effects of suction dredging, with the hope of eventually approving Plans of Operation, as required by the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan.

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