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Over The Divide: Charles "Chuck" Cushman
February 2019 by Staff
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Aussie Gold—A Look at Victoria
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Although one of the smaller states in Australia, Victoria can lay claim to being the richest, especially in regards to large nuggets. An almost endless discovery of massive specimens highlighted the early years of gold mining here.
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The use of dowsing methods to locate underground minerals and materials has been a rather delicate subject for some time. A certain stigma has been automatically attached to both the methods employed and the persons who use these techniques.
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• The Basics of Exploration Leases and Contracts—Part I
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• Mutiny on The Mason
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• The Value of Evidence
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