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Picks & Pans: Miner Finds Heart of Gold
August 2004 by Steve Burris
We started planning for this trip last year, after we left Ganes Creek, Alaska, and headed back to civilization. I found 4.75 ounces of very nice nuggets and the group had a total of 47.47 ounces for the week.
Miners Win Again in SREP vs. USFS
It’s been three years since the Siskiyou Regional Education Project (SREP) filed a lawsuit against the Siskiyou National Forest (SNF) in an attempt to require a Plan of Operation and financial guarantee (bond) for all mining located in Riparian Reserves (in or near water).
WSGS Releases New Geologic Maps
The Wyoming State Geological Survey announced ten new geologic maps have been completed and are now available.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Endangered Species Act update
• California Fish & Game tries yet another route to stop gold dredgers
Hands-on at Iowa Hill
A number of crevices were still waiting to be cleaned out. A lot of the gold remaining in the pit was very fine sized, but a few small nuggets were also recovered.
More Tips on How to Find Gold with A Detector
When detecting an area that has been cleaned to bedrock and you have new trees growing, always make sure you get your coil as close as possible to the tree. Why?
Detecting Invisible Gold
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How to find gold with a metal detector: The technology certainly has improved quite a bit over the years, so when these owners are testing various types of gold on their machines and they find that some gold responds poorly or not at all...
Small-Scale Mining, Milling and Recovery
In 1997, I had been working a hard rock claim in Lone Valley, Nevada with two partners. It was a small seam about one to two inches wide that had free gold up to 9 ounces per ton.
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• Where Do I Begin?
• Looking Back
• Mine President Seeks Opinions From Peers
• Over The Divide
• Company Notes
• Canadian Arrow Tries Different Approach
• Greenstone
• Experts Forecast Rising Prices for Gold, Silver
• A Few Reminders About Fraud
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