Picks & Pans: How to Succeed in a Small Mine, A Case History: 1990-2000

May 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

Gold at Mercury Mines

May 1999
There are numerous old mercury (quicksilver) mines in the central Coast Ranges of California, from San Benito County on the south to Lake County on the north, a distance of 225 miles.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral and Metal Prices

August 2022

ICMJ Visits Grass Valley, California

March 2023

March 2023

The Lucky Shot Mine

February 2005
I hobbled around on the broken up, sorted rock pile. Watching where I stepped, I kept my eye open for quartz with a gray-blue color imbedded throughout the samples I picked up.

The Ups and Downs of Nugget Hunting

April 2017
I returned to the WSPA claim. Still smug from my previous success, I was  thinking I could not fail. However, the gold gods had other plans.

Can't We Just Do Something?

July 2011
We know we lack critical minerals. We know the causes. We know the need. We have the knowledge we need right now. Why can’t we just take action and fix the problem?

Mining on the Comstock Lode

July 2014
Even with the decades of mining and exploration, much of the Comstock is still underdeveloped and its potential not fully tapped.

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