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June 2001 by Staff
• "Fighting Back..."Pros and Cons of Big Detector Coils
Years later I returned with a new detector with a smaller coil and detector technology more sensitive to smaller nuggets. I found my first nugget within five minutes. I had a second five minutes after that.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Governors push back on Biden’s public lands acquisition plan
Back to Basics--Finding Gold With a Pan and a Sluice
Don’t hunker down and just keep digging in one spot where there is very little or no gold—if you don’t find it, you’ve got to get up and move on!
The Bawl Mill
• More on the "Affordable" Care Act
• Abandon (citizen)Ship!
• USDA makes "grave" payment errors
Making A Big Discovery
We sent them a lot of information, including my presentation about the area and its potential. We were excited to learn a couple weeks later that the company was interested in the property.
The ABCs of XRF
Fast forward to present day and the XRF has come of age. Pull the trigger on the hand-held device and you get a nearly instant assay of the surface of a rock.
The Furnace Atmosphere During the Fire Assay
It has been claimed that the introduction of excess air to the assay furnace during sample fusion can materially increase the gold yield. Testimony by expert witnesses for the defense in recent federal hearings dealing with the dependability of the gold fire assay includes data purported to show this.
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The Bawl Mill
• San Diego County Tourmaline
• Nebraska Couple Finds Big Nugget in Arizona
• Great Basin Gold
• Company Notes
• GATA Update
• Picks & Pans: Selecting a Gold Dredge
• VLF Detectors and the Effect of Mineralization While Nuggetshooting
• Search for the Legendary Sierra Azul
• Public Lands for the People Educates Prospectors
• Harshaw's Silver Days
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Crandon Mine Decision Still Years Away, Says State
• Investors Hope to Revive Idaho Gold Mine
