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Picks & Pans: The Glory Hole
April 2005 by Rose Klemenok
I started the New Year of 1998 with great anticipation of finding that elusive vein of gold. Twice a year I planned my vacation carefully, not to miss the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekend. I wanted to be smack in the heart of the Downieville gold field.
Ask the Experts - Processing sulfide ore without mercury or cyanide.
Q: ...Is there any way to process the ore without using mercury or cyanides...?
Picks & Pans: Fig Tree, Grape Vine and Good Gold
The south fork of the Yuba River was still too high to cross safely on the first day of the dredging season for 2002, but Leon was able to use this condition to his advantage. He dredged high on the bank where big dredges would not go and produced...
Tips & Tricks: How to Revive a Dredge Engine That’s Been Submerged
It rained over four inches that night and the creek flooded both my backyard and my workshop. When I opened the door to my workshop Christmas morning, an unwelcome sight greeted me.
Dealing With Hot Rocks and Mineralization
What about all that noise coming from the ground? What is a prospector supposed to do about that?
In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres
We have concessions high in the Occidental mountains to the west, while down near our pueblo we have begun construction of a mill to process the ore we will soon be mining. As I look around, our new shop with its adjoining wings...
Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
Legislation and Regulation
October 2023Rise Gold to Assert its Vested Right to Mine at the Idaho-Maryland-Brunswick Mine (the "IM Mine")
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Progress Report on Washington State Small-Scale Regulations
• Pediments
• Bill to Allow Mining of Coeur d'Alene Basin
• Dredging Below the Homestake
• Looking Back
• Enthusiastic Crowds at PDAC
• Fraser Institute Survey Results Rank Best (and Worst) Mining Locales
• Synclinal Oil
• Small-Scale Prospecting & Mining (A Little History)
• Higher Zinc Price Creates Opportunity
• Government Appeals Miner Injury Case to Supreme Court
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
