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Nuggetshooting Eluvial Placers in the Western United States
August 2000 by Jim Straight
The future is still good for anyone wishing to use a metal detector to nuggetshoot residual and hillside eluvial placers. Since these placers are easily overlooked, the key to opening the door marked "success" is the willingness to do research.
High Court Reverses Nevada Mining Decision
The Nevada Supreme Court ruling last April in a Newmont Mining Corp. gold mine case was erased by a high court panel.
Melman on Gold & Silver
...frankly, the question is being asked, "How in the world could otherwise rational people even consider investments in the yellow in the yellow and white metals?"
Melman on Gold & Silver
The Province of British Columbia, one of mining’s most active venues, has just issued a clear warning call to all miners that regulatory changes are on the way, and they may not be welcome ones…
Following Clues to an Old Mill and Vein Strike
My last update on this adventure was in the April 2012 issue and involved our search for the northern extension of the Cedarberg Mine. At that time we had found it and we were in the process of returning for some detecting when Mother Nature struck with a late rain and snow storm.
Everything You Need to Know About Gold Wheels
The theory of making the gold wheel work is really very simple—classification. When all the materials introduced into the wheel are classified to the same mesh, the heaviest materials will be extracted...
How To Locate Diamonds
How to locate diamonds: This article focuses on the principal host rock for diamond and describes some gemstones (and kimberlitic indicator minerals) typically found with diamond.
The Bawl Mill
• Transparently bogus website
• Top lawyer hits bottom
• The wait at the DMV just got a lot longer
• Department of Tax Evasion
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• Montana Approves Stillwater Expansion Bonds
• Guest Editorial—Globalizing Mining in America, Part I
• Quartzsite, Arizona
• Groups Plan to Sue Over Lynx Protection
• Picks & Pans: Treasure Hawk Mine—Cutthroat Mining Corporation
• Company Notes
• 125 Years of Mining History in the Panamints
• Cuba Revisited
• 2000 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
• United States National Gold Panning Championships
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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