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Online Mining Classes Now Available at Mackay
February 2013 by Staff
The University of Nevada, Reno Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Department of Mining Engineering has begun offering online courses for miners.Ask the Experts
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It’s accepted knowledge that wet methods will recover more fine gold than dry methods and processing the gravel as a whole will get more gold than only using a metal detector. The question is how much more?
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Q: Can and should you remove their poles and notice right then and there or should you wait until you have convinced them of their trespass?
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It’s worthwhile for the prospector using a metal detector to know a little bit more about the association of iron and gold as well as how iron minerals affect your metal detector.
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