Over the Divide

August 2014 by Staff

Gold Rush Ship Uncovered in San Francisco

October 2001
Workers at a hotel construction site uncovered a Gold Rush-era ship that had been buried for decades under the streets of the city’s Financial District.

Ask The Experts: Is an XRF gun useful for prospecting and mineral identification?

April 2017

Q: I’ve thought about renting an XRF gun with gold specific software to use for exploration this spring.

Fault Zones and Prospects

June 2011
As we walked back we were just reaching the point of where the faulting should be and there, covered with deep grass, was very faint evidence of an old road going up the mountainside! What was that old road doing there?

Melman on Gold & Silver

July 2014
Although there is no direct connection between the price of lumber and the precious metals, there is an important indirect one due to the importance of the housing market to overall economic activity.

Our Readers Say

October 2012
Personal letters from our readers.....

The Smell of Gold -- Part II

July 2015
While mapping, I also found rock chips in the soil that were characteristic of the same wall rock alteration that occurs adjacent to the known lodes in the greenstone belt.

Explosives and Mining

July 2011
Explosives used correctly will save you both time and money being one of the best and most productive tools you can use.

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