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Picks & Pans: Highbanking on the American River
July 2003 by Guest Writer
Steve and I decided to try our luck on the North Fork doing a little highbanking, or motor sluicing as the liberals would call it.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Ask The Experts - Did gold deposits come from space or were they created underground?
Onerous New Mining Rules Adopted in Washington State
On December 4, 1998, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission (WDFW) adopted what has to be one of the most repressive and restrictive compilations of small-scale gold prospecting and mining rules in the country.
Entry-Level Metal Detectors for Gold Prospecting
These are entry-level machines designed with gold prospecting in mind and with the ability to handle mineralized ground and see nuggets of a grain or so in size, perhaps smaller.
Iron Ores and Iron Mining
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.
Ask The Experts - Is LR2000 working correctly?
Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part II
It is this ability to hear and respond to the faintest of audio signals that I believe separates the best nugget hunters from everyone else.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• PLP Members Win Occupancy Case—Appeals Continue
• Prospecting for Iron in Alaska
• Gold Deposits in Skarn
• Platinum Firm, Palladium to Remain Weak
• Spencer Opal Deposits, Idaho
• Company Notes
• Hillside Placers
• Elko Mining Expo a Success
• Gold Prospecting in Alberta
• National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Six
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
