Picks & Pans: Dredging on the Arkansas

February 2001 by Leonard Leeper

Tales of California Gold Discoveries 3rd in a Series—Bloody Nick The Miner

November 2005
“Bloody Nick,” as he was known, arrived in California in 1850. From his name, there were those who thought him to be a big man, but instead, he was a small thin man, fifty-six years of age.

CMA Conference Summary

July 2001
I recently attended two out of three days of the California Mining Association’s Annual Conference in Monterey, California, and found it well worth my time.

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February 2003
Due to technical difficulties, the online version of the February 2003 issue of ICMJ is currently unavailable.  Please know we are working on this and will get the February issue uploaded as soon as possible.  In the meantime, please enjoy the other issues of 2003!  Thank you for your understanding!  —ICMJ

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

October 2017

Town Hall Meeting in Sierra City, California

May 2000
I was invited to attend a meeting on April 7 in Sierra City, between Forest Service officials and a group of concerned area miners regarding what the miners described as abuses by the BLM and local Forest Service officials.

Prospecting With a Detector: Lessons Learned

November 2012
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.

Bucket Line Dredges

September 2009
For many years, mechanical mining in waterways was seen as an impossibility by miners, especially in the Western US. The few dredges that had been tried at various locations were generally built on designs similar to those that had been used in harbor excavation work, but it was found that they were...

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