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Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire
September 2004 by Jim Straight
During the Miocene and Pliocene mid-Tertiary Epochs, the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts within parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona became the source—the genesis—of ubiquitous epithermal “precious metal” fissure-gold veins associated with extensive acidic volcanic lava flows that blanketed much of the Cordillera during this time.Additional articles that might interest you...
Maitland Bar Nugget to Go On Display
January 2016
The box sat in a hallway and employees began using it for impromptu cricket games, no knowing what it contained.
The box sat in a hallway and employees began using it for impromptu cricket games, no knowing what it contained.
Ask the Experts
January 2015
• How do I get mining claims appraised?
• How do I get mining claims appraised?
Ask The Experts—Difference between a Geiger counter and scintillator
October 2011
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?
Digital Tools—The PC and GPS
March 1999
More and more miners and prospectors are using personal computers and Global Positioning System Satellite receivers to satisfy the needs of vocations or hobbies.
More and more miners and prospectors are using personal computers and Global Positioning System Satellite receivers to satisfy the needs of vocations or hobbies.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2015
• Flurry of new bills in Congress
• Gold mining bills in Washington State
• Idaho suction dredging bill
• California suction dredging update
• PLP fundraising drive
Iron Ores and Iron Mining
September 2015
For more than 40 years, iron ore prices have been decided by private negotiations conducted between the largest of the iron miners and the largest steel producers. These two sides dominate both the spot and contract iron ore markets.
For more than 40 years, iron ore prices have been decided by private negotiations conducted between the largest of the iron miners and the largest steel producers. These two sides dominate both the spot and contract iron ore markets.
Legislative and Regulatory Update AB 1032—Where Do We Go From Here?
November 2007
• First, The Great News...
• What's Next?
• First, The Great News...
• What's Next?
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• The Bawl Mill
• Kerry Proposes Large Fees on Miners
• Is a Gold Rush Coming to the Iron Range?
• The Klamath Oldland
• Baker City is Defined by Gold Rush
• Coeur Alaska Hopes to Begin Work on Gold Mine This Fall
• Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas
• Company Plans to Develop Cabinet Mountains Mine
• I-147 Before Montana Supreme Court
• Diamond Exploration and Mining Heating Up in North America
• Gold in Serbia
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
