Over the Divide

January 2000 by Staff

Ask The Experts—Separating platinum from sands using bubbles

October 2011
I am trying to find any information about using bubbles to separate platinum from sands and small particles. I think it has to have a surfactant in the process. Do you know of this bubble tech?

Company Notes

March 2001
• Royal Gold, Inc.
• Placer Dome, Inc.
• Homestake Mining Company
• African Metals Corp.
• Vista Gold Corp.

Aussie Gold

November 2001
This is the first of a series of articles outlining prospecting in Australia for the visiting small prospector or miner. Whether you are just coming out for a holiday, stopping for a few months, or moving here permanently...

Gold Pours Again at Jerritt Mine

May 2009
Yukon-Nevada received permission last month from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to restart the mill, after the agency determined the company met environmental standards.

Sam, the Tenderfoot Prospector

November 2005
There were many thousands of tenderfoot, greenhorn prospectors that came out west in the 1860s and 70s. Some came to make their fortunes; some came to flee other problems back east; and some just came for the adventure. Probably every one had a tale to tell, but one of these adventurous individuals was a young man named Sam, and this is his true story.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2014
• Idaho continues toward elimination of EPA suction dredging regulations
• EPA makes preemptive strike against Alaska mine
• Proposed Mines Act permit fees

California: The Land of Big Nuggets—Part I

December 2017

The nugget sat there in plain sight, though it was covered in dirt, while hundreds of people had passed that way every day.

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