Picks & Pans: Mexican "Edventure"

July 2004 by Ed Routt

Detecting Old Pocket Diggings

February 2013
Looking around, I could tell that this was an old hand-digging. As I walked around the perimeter of the digging I could see shovel and pick marks scratched on the clean, hard clay and bedrock.

Hand Panning Micro-Fine Gold

May 2017

Once you get down to the black sands or a few tablespoons of material, the technique changes dramatically.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2004
It’s amazing how a few pictures could place an entire Presidential Administration on the defensive, yet that is exactly what has happened during the past month with the publication of the photos out of Iraq, which presumably show American soldiers engaging in acts of torture, humiliation and ridicule inflicted on their Iraqi prisoners.

Miners Fight Back Against Road Closures

July 2014
In the meeting, we presented Ms. Skalski with the various court cases from the 9th Circuit Court on these settled law cases and she was mortified.

Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?

March 2008
Q: In the article by David Knowlen, “There’s Still Gold in the Umpqua River,” January 2008, the author stated that “most conventional dredges with normal angles of sluice setup do not retain this gold.”...

Nome Offshore Dredging Creates Challenges

June 2015
The Alaska state government has been trying to keep up with and maybe even stay on top of the situation by studying the problems associated with rapid growth and how to solve them.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

March 2001
• Bush puts Roadless Initiative on hold
• SWANCC v. US Army Corps of Engineers
• New Arizona monument added to lawsuit
• Clinton's mining moratorium in Siskiyou may not last
• County illegally used mining claims in land swap
• Montana Governor asks new interior secretary to turn over mineral rights
• Republican Representative from Nevada elevated to vice chairman on mining

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill   • Mining Claim Fees Are Going Up   • Our Readers Say   • Buell Park Pipe, Arizona   • Mines and Money   • Understanding Hard Rock Mining: Terms and Methods—Part II   • Two Nevada Mines Look to Supply Own Power   • Paleontonlogical Resources Preservation Act   • Over the Divide   • Flat-Fault Gold in Sonora, Mexico   • Looking Back   • The Fern Mine   • Map Offers Look at Butte's Mining History   • Gold in China   • 2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

Free:
Legislative and Regulatory Update