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August 2005 by Staff
• Re: ICMJ's Mine Market ads• "The enjoyment of prospecting"
Russian Plane Spills 3 Tons of Gold on Runway
Residents believe doré bars landed in a snow-covered area as far as sixteen miles from the airport and some said they will be searching the area after the official recovery
Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon—Part I
Rocks and minerals associated with clay seam gold deposits in southern Oregon are often in sedimentary rock units at least partially metamorphosed into argillite. They are also associated with mafic volcanic rocks, basalts and gabbro that...
Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part III Understanding Plate Tectonics, Volcanism and Mountain Building
The formation of gold, silver and many other types of deposits depends on a natural segregation of the elements from the earth, so that gold or silver (and other minerals) becomes enriched enough to form a valuable ore.
Chasing Float Gold—The Starry Night Wash
The sun was beginning to set, which put the light at just the right angle against the hillsides to where I believed that I spotted a very small dig and tailings pile up the hill near the top of the second wash.
Alaska Minerals Poster Available from BLM
The BLM's Juneau Mineral Information Center has released a full-color 18x24 poster that highlights minerals from across Alaska.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California dredging update
• Study: Sage grouse does not need protection
• Tennessee enacts harsh new gold prospecting regulations
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The Bawl Mill
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• The Paradox Basin—Part II
• A Sleeping Giant
• Buying a Used Gold Dredge
• Looking Back
• Gold in Vermont
• Picks & Pans: Prospecting on Perry Creek
• 9th Circuit Court Hears Pilgrim Family Case
• The First Mine in America
• National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Five
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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