Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part II

April 1999 by Wally Mieras

Ask The Experts - What Do I Look For and How Do I Sample?

April 2018

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

August 2000

Alaska Minerals Poster Available from BLM

March 1999
The BLM's Juneau Mineral Information Center has released a full-color 18x24 poster that highlights minerals from across Alaska.

Elizabethtown: Uncovering a Buried California Mining Community

July 1999
Although there are many mining ghost towns in California, it is rare to find the ruins of one that was abandoned 140 years ago and then subsequently buried by hydraulic mining debris.

Millie's Tailings

February 2000
Hardy goldminers enjoyed creating nicknames for their cronies.

Over The Divide: Charles Lewis Garrett

May 2015

California Gold Adventure

January 2014
All locations gave up some gold, but one particular section of exposed bedrock with steep, packed crevices kept giving us good, consistent results. We had found our spot.

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