Professional Equipment for Serious Detectorists!

Magazine

All Articles

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

Online access required. Please .

Add a Comment

Additional articles that might interest you...

Our Readers Say


“...I appreciate the details on the economics of the operation.”

Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon Part III


The amount of gold in the traces from the low-grade scattered veinlets may be much more than the traces from the small but rich pocket, at least until the pocket hunter closes in on the rich pocket. Further confusion arises if the prospector stumbles across a placer deposit on one of the higher peaks.

Gold Dredgers Rescue Threatened Fish


Gold dredgers were enlisted in an effort to salvage a rare stretch of chum salmon spawning grounds along the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

The Goldfield Mining District -- Then and Now


In 1983, some of the ore yielded more than 2,500 ounces of gold within 30 feet of the surface. The shoot pinched to a narrow vein.

The Oregon Claim


When I started dredging a short distance downstream from that feature I realized that I was into a major paystreak and much of the gold was coming right out of the upper gravel. I could see the chunky pieces falling out of the gravel as they were pulled into...

BLM Reports That 'Mining' Brings Most Public Reward


A report from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) titled "Public Rewards from Public Lands—Fiscal 1998", shows that minerals production is the largest income producer for the federal government on BLM-managed lands.

As Millennium Nears, Copper No Longer King in Arizona


At the start of the 20th century, copper was king in Arizona, with one of every four workers employed in the mining trade. On the brink of a new millennium, however, the industry is no longer the cornerstone of the state's so-called "Five Cs" economy—copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate.

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill   • The Price of Gold—Where It’s Headed and Why   • Mining Companies Competing for Labor   • Sam, the Tenderfoot Prospector   • Placer Gold in Russia   • The Rampart Goldfields, Alaska   • Tales of California Gold Discoveries 3rd in a Series—Bloody Nick The Miner   • Company Notes   • Miners Rally Successful   • Venezuela’s Chavez Halts Mining Projects   • Metal-Mineral Identification Utilizing a Detector   • Looking Back   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Montana Lawmakers Want Economic Review of New Mining Rule

Free:
Legislative and Regulatory Update

Advertisements

Garrett Electronics - trusted by real miners & prospectors!
Precious Metals Recovery plants and equipment
Fighting to keep public lands open to the public
Specializing in the processing of precious metal ores!
Watch prospecting shows on your computer right now
Free Online Sample Issue