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Over the Divide—Robert Michael “Mike” Corbley
April 2014 by Staff
Mike was...featured on our November 2013 cover after he achieved his dream of recovering several huge nuggets...Additional articles that might interest you...
A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
November 2003
Most of the old large gold dredging operations used a trommel. The trommel consisted of a long metal cylinder made of heavy punch plate in which the small gravel, black sands, and gold would fall though holes and end up in banks of sluices.

Pick Up Austria's New Coin—If You Can Lift It
November 2004
The Austrian Mint recently unveiled its new coin—a 68-pound, 24-carat gleaming gold disc worth about $500,000—touting it as the world’s largest and a powerful investment tool.
The Austrian Mint recently unveiled its new coin—a 68-pound, 24-carat gleaming gold disc worth about $500,000—touting it as the world’s largest and a powerful investment tool.
Our Readers Say
April 1999
• "No small mining operation can afford this..."
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• "...an effective defense against Green political efforts to lock the public off public lands."
• "No small mining operation can afford this..."
• "The small arrastra still lives... "
• "...an effective defense against Green political efforts to lock the public off public lands."
No Need to Rewrite Mining Regs, NAS Study Confirms
November 1999
The findings substantiate what the Northwest Mining Association (NWMA) has been saying since Department of Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt first began an ill-conceived rule making over three years ago.
The findings substantiate what the Northwest Mining Association (NWMA) has been saying since Department of Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt first began an ill-conceived rule making over three years ago.
Prospecting Homonyms
April 2012
Three homonyms come to mind when I think of gemstones, gold and vegetables: carrot, carat and karat. Let’s look at carrot first.

My Lucky Month of March
June 2013
My wife Maureen and I spend part of our winter season in the Quartzsite, Arizona area. One fine March morning, we left our RV camping area at approximately 10am in search of that elusive yellow metal with our metal detectors.

Over The Divide
August 2004
T. Lyle Taylor
Jan. 2, 1945 - Jun. 18, 2004
T. Lyle Taylor
Jan. 2, 1945 - Jun. 18, 2004
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