Picks & Pans: The California State Nugget

March 2002 by John Anderson

The Last Chance Mining District

August 2009
With all of the erosion patterns wearing away the channels down into the North Fork of the Middle Fork, we assumed placer gold was still available in the river. The question became: How do we get down the 1,600-foot elevation drop to reach the river?

Hard Rock Milling: A Matter of Scale

April 2013
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

January 2003

Alaska's Hope-Sunrise Mining District

September 2010
Over 100 years of placer mining on the Kenai Peninsula has produced about 133,800 ounces of gold. Hard rock mines produced an additional 30,000 ounces. Suction dredging is currently the dominate mining method.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

December 2001

Charcoal Crucible Recipe

May 2001
...using charcoal briquettes (and no starter fluid) and a few other easily attainable ingredients.

Higher Copper Price Brings Hope, Jobs

June 2004
Buoyed by higher copper prices, Chino Mines is reopening its ore concentrator and hiring workers.

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