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Over The Divide: James H Harrand & Daniel Yesberger
March 2017 by Staff
Over the Divide: Nancy Glenn; Sondra (Adelson) Bernzweig
Bucket Dredged Boulder Gold
The black sand was loaded with mercury from the river, but there wasn’t enough to pick up all the fines. We took out the amalgam and had to suction up the remaining fine gold.
Ask The Experts - What is a 'wissbanger'?
Researching Mineralized Areas
There are a load of ways to do research, and I’m going to talk about how I do it—maybe you’ll get some ideas that will work for you, too.
Placer Sampling for the Small-Scale Miner
I have seen many samples taken originally with an eye toward getting the highest grades possible, but later someone claims that those results represent an average grade of the whole gravel deposit.
Care and Lubrication of a Model 13 Laboratory Wilfley Table

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