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September 2016 by Staff

Ask the Experts

January 2015
• Should I introduce mercury in the centrifugal bowl to aid gold recovery?

The St. Louis Gold District

February 2009
In 1848 and 1849, miners had pushed all through the western Sierra foothills making many fantastic gold discoveries. The far north end of California’s Mother Lode country, however, had received little exploration.

Kazak Government Collects Gold from Residents

July 1999
The local administration in the Almaty region has issued an appeal for people to "lend" their gold to the government. Organizers are using the slogan: "Help us in difficult times."

Miners Claim Victory in Fight That Began with Protest

August 1999
Albanian miners in the rocky, pine-covered hills of northern Kosovo claim it wasn't just politics or religion or even ethnicity that started their war with the Serbs.

Enrichment of Mineral Deposits by Weathering—Part II

April 2016
While both zinc and lead deposits also are enriched by the surface weathering process, in part two we will look at the enrichment process for copper and also gold deposits, and at the interpretation of leached outcrops to figure how rich the concentrated deposits below them may be.

Comstock Mining Gets Approval

February 2014
The approval, which affects 87 acres on the south end of Silver City, allows the company to move forward with exploration to determine the area's mining potential.

Georgetown CA: A Historically Rich Mother Lode Treasure

August 2021

The interesting thing about the Mother Lode area is that we can pretty much find at least a little gold in any creek or river (and even in some of the many dry gulches).

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