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Ask the Experts

June 2014
• Recovering platinum

Weathering, Erosion and Placers

April 2017
The big interest to prospectors thinking about the effect of erosion is not what might happen long into the future, but what they might find in the rivers later this summer when the water levels go down.

Revisiting The Old Mini Patch

April 2019

Today, the greatest gold rushes occur due to technological advances capable of discovering gold where it once was extremely unlikely or difficult.

Hands & Pans on the South Yuba River

June 2000
If you confess to being a recreational "hands-and-pans" mining enthusiast, chances are you do not hold your own valid mining claim. You also realize locating a stretch of stream or river to legitimately dip your gold pan into is as much work to find as those precious flecks of gold.

A Successful Trip Through Gold Basin

January 2016
This time we took the detectors. Roger had worked that spot very well and wanted to see if my new detector would uncover any gold he might have missed.

The Bawl Mill

May 1999
• Snake fence upsets environmentalists...
• Job appointments based on credentials, not connections, says the governor...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2008
• ESA changes proposed

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