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Picks & Pans: The Perfect Paystreak

I have never heard how Browns Creek got its name but this pristine Northern California stream, which splashes its way from Deer Lick Springs on the Shasta County line to the Trinity River below Junction City, could easily have been called...

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Melman on Gold & Silver


Unfortunately, death seemed to occupy a major role in recent major headlines—and it came in several different directions.

Legislative and Regulatory Update


Every prospector and claim holder should be aware of the court decision USA  v. Shumway (96-16480) from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed December 28, 1999.

Nevada's Silver City Gold District—Part I


The name Silver City is quite ironic as it doesn’t really fit the area’s metal production. The area encompassing the Silver City district is a great, stand-alone gold district, where the production value of gold has been much more than that of silver. Since the initial discovery of gold-bearing veins in the mid-1850s, the area has been a center of continuous small and large-scale gold production.

Legislative and Regulatory Update


• TMDLs in northern California
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• EPA and bonding
• Resources Coalition has input on proposed Washington State fees

The Keystone Gold-Copper District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming


The Keystone district includes a group of mineralized shear zones and veins that are associated with the Keystone Quartz Diorite in the Medicine Bow Mountains of southwestern Wyoming. Gold production from this district is unknown, although some estimates suggest that 7,500 to more than 12,000 ounces were produced.

Detecting A Trashy Area


Some prospectors would have assumed it was another shotgun shell, but in this case it was 17.6-pennyweight nugget!

Frozen Prospects


There is one rule of thumb when prospecting for gold in Alaska: You’ll find your best pay in southern-sloped exposed ground. This is not to say there’s no gold on northern exposed gulches where the sun has trouble reaching it and limited melting occurs. It’s harder, and more time consuming, to look for easy prospects in northern exposures.

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