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December 2001 by Staff
Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits
The same questions you ask yourself about gold trapping features in the present stream can be applied to the benches above the stream. Just imagine the stream at a much earlier time, before it cut its way down to the present level…
Ask The Experts
• When geologists and old-timers have conflicting views.
The Bawl Mill
• Skeletons in the closet
• Stop horsing around!
• Know your veggies!
How to Stake Your Own Mining Claims—Part II
I’d like to offer some practical comments about staking and maintaining mining claims. Owning your own claim is the dream of many prospectors. I’ve made good money off my mining claims, both from the minerals I have found on them as well as from leasing out some of my claims to larger mining and exploration companies.
Tales of California Gold Discoveries 4th in a Series—Pay Attention When You Dig
It was the first month of a new year, 1861. Three men, by the name of Young, Blake and La Rossney, who had been somewhat unsuccessful in river mining, went looking for gold elsewhere.
The Patch
I used to hunt and fish all the time. Since discovering nugget-shooting three years ago, I haven't wet a hook or even looked at a hunting proclamation.
Newmont's Gold Quarry Mine
The Maggie Creek Mining District, of which the Gold Quarry Mine is a part, was first explored in the 1870s. The transcontinental railroad had recently been built through the area. Carlin, a rail stop about 7 miles south of the district...
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• 43 CFR 3809 Update
• Breccia Pipes
• Newmont Tries to Become World's Largest
• The Final Gold Strike of the Alaska Gold Rush—Livengood Stampede, 1914
• GATA Update
• Aussie Gold—A Look at Queensland
• Montana's Virginia City Has Golden Legacy
• Picks & Pans: Lost Below
• Placer Gemstones
• Gold in Iceland?
• Melman on Gold & Silver
