New York Meeting Examines Gold's Monetary Role

March 1999 by Staff

Detecting For Gold—Are You Up For It?

April 2013
Over the years that I have been detecting for gold I have had many of the same questions come up. I decided to write this article to hopefully answer some questions that a person wishing to detect for gold may have.

The Bawl Mill

June 2013
• Fried golden eagle is bad; diced is okay
• Your tax dollars at work

Picks & Pans: Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska

January 2003
It is not my choice to be diving under the icy waters of the East Fork River in the last days of chilly January. But indeed there are a few brave souls that like to suffer, as I see it. Then again the rewards can be great. If you have the proper equipment and the...

Melman on Gold & Silver

March 2003
As the wags have been putting it recently, it looks like the United States is caught between “Iraq and a hard place.” Every day for the past month we have read headlines about the likelihood of immediate war, and, based on those headlines, gold, petroleum and the financial markets have gone off on their tangents.

Charcoal Crucible Recipe

May 2001
...using charcoal briquettes (and no starter fluid) and a few other easily attainable ingredients.

Brits Thwart Robbery of Gold and Cash

June 2004
Armed officers arrested seven men near Heathrow Airport after they had overpowered staff at a warehouse holding £80 million ($236 million) in gold and cash and began loading gold into the back of a van.

Cyanide-Free Gold Separation

February 2011
Some ores—mostly those with a high free gold content—are very amenable to gravity concentration. Well oxidized ores containing coarse gold are usually best for non-cyanide processes. Ores with significant sulfide content may require the...

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