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Picks & Pans: Detecting Micro-Nuggets
October 2005 by Martin H. Milas
Any detector specifically designed to respond to small gold will do. The best ones are the lightest ones with the smallest coils.How to Research Prospecting Locations and Mining Claims
If you are interested in researching mining claims for any purpose, you will first have to decipher the BLM’s LR2000, a Rube Goldberg database seemingly designed by a 1980s Soviet-era computer hacker.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Court Says Emergency Rule in California Unjustified
Superior Court Judge Karen L. Dixon granted the temporary restraining order on July 3, 2013.
Utilizing Geologic Maps
Geologic maps generally appear complex and daunting, and certainly some are. However, many have information hidden within their bright splashes of colors and patterns that can aid the prospector who takes the time to study them.
Melman on Gold & Silver
...as a holder of contrarian points of view, I am somewhat delighted to see the recent enormous surge in published negative commentaries regarding gold's future.
Which Nugget Detector Should I Get?
The most commonly asked question in metal detecting is, “Which metal detector should I get?” People worry a lot about not getting the right machine. They do not want to waste their money and their time with the wrong metal detector.
The Bawl Mill
• The "2 Million Dollar Man"
• A record worth breaking
• By the numbers...
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• Newmont's Gold Quarry Mine
• Drywashing and Detecting for Eluvial Placer Gold Research is the Key to Success—Part II
• EPA Offers Liability Protection to Spur Cleanups
• Study: West Has Vast Oil Shale Reserves
• The Notch Peak Intrusive
• Recovering Fine Gold: Getting the Most from Your Sluice Box
• 2005 California State Gold Panning Championships
• Company Notes
• Tales of California Gold Discoveries 2nd in a Series—The Jenny Lind Mine
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
