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December 2002 by Staff
Metallic Trash—Scourge of the Prospector
I had been busy representing the Prospecting and Mining Journal this spring, but prospecting season finally arrived and I’ve been out digging for nuggets—I’ve even found a few. I know a number of prospectors who are armed with new metal detectors and headed to the hills to look for that precious yellow stuff.
Blast From the Past
September 2022Keeps Spirit of Gold Mining Alive Despite Washington’s Attitude
Prospector Unearths Huge 'Duck’s Foot' Nugget
A retired gold prospector spent hours digging up his fortune in the northern goldfields near Kambalda, Western Australia, after finding the target with his metal detector.
The Bawl Mill
• Feds broke own 'controlled' burn rules...
• Suprise, surprise...
• A moving experience...
• Oh, woe is me...
Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre; The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Part III
In 1880, Alexander Roby Shepherd, former governor of Washington, DC, prepared to move his wife and family of six children to the wilds of the Sierra Madre. Going with him would be mining men, cooks, assistants, a bookkeeper and others to assist in the new adventure.
Small-Scale Processing of Hard Rock Ores
Depending on the ore and if significant sulfides are present, a hard rock miner may be able to get away with simply using a flux to digest the other minerals that may be present.
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The Bawl Mill
• Original Sixteen-to-One Mine Fights On
• Solar-Powered Placer Sampling Equipment
• Working the Belmont Mine—1953 (Part 3—Conclusion)
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: Gold and Bears
• Gold in North Dakota
• The North Star Mine
• Dectecting Alaskan Gold Nuggets
• The Ancient History of Gold
• Columbians Continue Search for Emeralds
• Melman on Gold & Silver
