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Picks & Pans: How to Succeed in a Small Mine, A Case History: 1990-2000
May 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray
The first requirement for a successful mine operation is a market for the product, metallic or nonmetallic. The second requirement is to deliver a quality salable product...
GPS Speeds Filing of Claims in Alaska
Alaska Governor Tony Knowles signed a bill making several beneficial changes to Alaska mining claim location law.
National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Five
Paul A. Bailly, Richard T. Moolick, William Braden, Alonzo Pawling and Henry Harnischfeger will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame for their contributions to mining.
Silver Peak, Nevada: A Little of Everything
Silver Peak is a small mining community in Esmeralda County in west-central Nevada, about 30 miles west of Goldfield. Although it’s fairly remote, it’s been an important mining center since the early days.
Melman on Gold & Silver
There is little question that the crisis in Europe completely dominated world financial headlines last month. We saw nations such as Finland, Austria, France, Belgium and Hungary, which had previously appeared untouched by developments, suddenly become vulnerable to higher domestic interest rates.
Bullion River's French Gulch Gold Mine
Bullion River’s high-grade gold mine at French Gulch, near Redding, California, may be in some ways the last of the Mohicans, or perhaps it is the first of the great revival, but for the near term it is probably destined to be a little bit of both.
Time to File Claims in Southern California
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
All About Trommels and Screens for Placer Gold Recovery
The right speed accumulates only the heavy materials and allows all of the lighter stuff to flow through. This optimum speed is dependent on the size of the gravel you need to move through the system.
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