All Articles
Our Readers Say
May 2005 by Staff
Re: "Synclinal Oil"Customizing Your Dredge
I am going to suggest dozens of ways you can increase suction power, dredge to greater depths, and improve recovery methods in your sluice box.
Court Says Emergency Rule in California Unjustified
Superior Court Judge Karen L. Dixon granted the temporary restraining order on July 3, 2013.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- EPA ends "sue and settle"
- Sage grouse mineral withdrawal cancelled
Alaska Gold: Lisianski Inlet's First Bonanza
In 1967, a local resident showed me a pouch of small gold nuggets and flakes. Several years later I asked the same person where that gold was found. He responded, “From the streambed below the old stamp mill at Apex.”
Gem Discoveries Sought in North Carolina Field
The gem miner who uncovered North America’s largest emerald thinks he’s found a mother-lode of emerald-rich rock in Alexander County.
The Bawl Mill
Fire Agate in Arizona
Agate, a banded form of chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), has been used as a gemstone for over 7,000 years. Romans cut and polished agate, and this practice was taken to new heights in Germany in the 16th century.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Estimating Gold Values in Placer Gravels
• Lode Gold in Nicaragua
• Miners: Plan Ahead for Next Year's Taxes
• California's Original Sixteen to One Mine
• Montana Multiple Use Association Backs Miner
• Picks & Pans: Detecting Micro-Nuggets
• Diamond Search Underway in Alaska and Minnesota
• Mining Outfits Eye 50-Year Supply of Iron Ore
• Goldfield—Princess of the Mojave
• Couple Creates Jewelry of the Iron Range
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
