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Our Nugget Shooting Adventure
September 2001 by Mas Kadonaga
Gold—a very elusive, heavy, yellow, metallic element—is coveted by man and not easily given up by Mother Nature. This is a story of a group of friends—old, new, and some I hadn’t met before this trip. We embarked on a journey in search of that yellow metal.Getting Your Float Circuit Layout Right

Northern Dynasty To Appeal Alaska Permit Rejection
The proposed mine would be built on state-owned land in the Bristol Bay region, near the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon fishery.
In Pursuit of Gold & Silver in the Sierra Madres—The Plan

Researchers Trace History of Hope Diamond
Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.
What, Where and How for the New Prospector

Nebraska Couple Finds Big Nugget in Arizona
Friends of Don and Marlene Doran often tease them about their hobby of searching for unique rocks. Now they are the ones laughing.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Throwing Away Thousand-Dollar Hot Rocks
All of this made me have to conclude that those dummies just didn’t know what they were doing. It was a couple of years later before the solution for this puzzle became clear to me.
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