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

May 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

Placer Diamonds in Venezuela

March 2001
A large number of gem and industrial grade placer diamonds have been found in or near a number of creeks and rivers in Venezuela. The area involved is in the southeastern parts...and is inhabited by fierce Yanomamo Indians.

Ask The Experts

June 2015
Gold in clastic black shale

The Treasure Detective—Part II

August 2006
GNIS is an acronym for the “Geographic Names Information Service” that is maintained by the United States Geological Survey. The database catalogs and standardizes place names in the United States. This information set has nearly 2,000,000...

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 1999
By the time you read this, the onrushing, unavoidable object which was once a little speck on the distant horizon will have grown into a modest-size attention-getter.

Achieving Accurate Metal Detector Discrimination

December 2019

Your odds of going home with gold will be higher using the discrimination mode, even if you might have misread one of the targets you rejected.

The Bawl Mill

February 2001
• South Carolina Governor feels violated...
• Biting the hand that feeds you...
• A very seedy business...
• Better cash in some gold if you’re a football fan...

Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?

November 2011
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?

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