Over the Divide

May 2013 by Staff

Feds Raid “Liberty Dollar” Headquarters

December 2007
Federal agents seized two tons of copper coins featuring Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and 500 pounds of silver during a raid on the headquarters of a group seeking to dissolve the Federal Reserve.

Picks & Pans: DEF Prospectors Rally Was a Huge Success

September 2001
For many years we have been losing our rights. The main reason this has been happening is because as prospectors and miners, we tend to be loners. This trait has helped the environmental movement because...

Ask the Experts: What type of wetsuit do I need?

December 2016

Q: Since the weather in California is not as nasty as it is in Alaska, would it be advisable to wear the same setups as he wrote about?

Fields of Gold

August 2001
Imagine being able to get gold from plants. This phenomenon is called phytomining. But it’s not as easy, or as profitable, as it sounds. You may have heard of phytoremediation—the process of extracting metal contaminants from soil.

Oldest Journal Contest - The Winners

February 2009
We received entries from readers in fourteen states for our contest to find out who has the oldest surviving copy of the Journal, originally named the California Mining Journal..

Picks & Pans: Diamond Hunting in Wyoming

January 2002
Rod Griffin and I have spent most of our free time looking for the hard-to-find diamonds, and have found ourselves involved with wildlife, obstacles, bad roads, streams, bogs, bulls—you name it.

One Question, Forever Unanswered—Did He Really Find the Gold?

May 2011
This was one of those stories where you have no doubt that the person telling it believes it to be true. But was it?

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