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New "Employment" Category
February 2012 by Scott Harn
Due to the high demand for well paying jobs in the mining sector, and a robust mining industry in need of qualified workers, we’ve added an “Employment” section to our Mine Market (Classifieds) effective immediately.The Ocampo District, Chihuahua
The village of Ocampo is wedged in a canyon about 178 miles, by Mexican Highway 16, west of the city of Chihuahua. It is a few miles west of Basaseachic Falls, and a few miles south of Highway 16, in high chaparral at an elevation of 6,500 feet. The completion of Highway 16 across the Sierra Madre Occidental greatly improved access to the region...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• ESA changes proposed
Searching for Placer Diamonds
In order to search for placer diamonds, the prospector needs to first become familiar with the commodity that he/she is looking for. Diamonds are extraordinary minerals with extreme hardness that have inherited beauty sought for personal adornment and...
Peshastin Creek, Washington
Successful miners report that the Peshastin’s gold is unusually course and most of the recovered nuggets are small pickers. Flood gold is prevalent here and easy to find and recover on the Peshastin.
The Yukon-Klondike Goldfields—Part I
There has been more written on the Klondike Gold Rush than any rush in the history of the world. Some highlights have been written below, a mere grain of sand of information to glean. The price of gold during the 1890s averaged $20.67 per ounce.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Oregon's attack on suction gold dredging
• New DOI Director nominated
• More Forest Service restrictions in the works
• California suction gold dredging
Forty-Six Nuggets
This past summer, a two-week adventure in Alaska and other gold prospecting trips turned out to be some of my greatest life experiences.
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask the Experts - ...Worth further investigation?
• Ask the Experts - Processing sulfide ore without mercury or cyanide.
• Regarding "Good Assays and Bad"
• 4 Keys to Successful Nugget Hunting
• A High Price to Pay
• Eolian Placer Gold
• All the Gold Ever Mined...
• The Basics of Geophysical Exploration
• Targeted for a Tax Audit
• Feds Order Closure of Idaho Mine
• Trying Out the New Highbanker
• A Gold Mine on a Washington Beach?
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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Ask the Experts - Old workings & tailings: What are my options?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
