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Piedmont Gold
July 2002 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
The Piedmont region of the eastern United States extends for over 800 miles, from Alabama northeast to Pennsylvania. It includes the rolling country between the flat coastal plain to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west.Beach Mining for Placer Gold
What I saw was a beach area that was just completely covered in black sand. Rubbing my hands close together like a kid in a candy store, I could not wait to get set up.
Greaterville, Arizona
One of the best-known placer gold localities in southern Arizona is at Greaterville, 45 miles, by road, southeast of downtown Tucson. The site of mile-high Greaterville is in grasslands and oak woodlands, on the east flank of the Santa Rita Mountains.
Mariposa, California
The sleepy town of Mariposa, known more today as one of the gateways to Yosemite National Park, was once considered the southern end of the famed “Mother Lode” gold deposits that stretched hundreds of miles throughout California’s Sierra...
Turning Hobby Mining into Business Mining
The first thing a person should do is seriously consider whether they want to go mining as a hobby or a business, and the tax implications of the choice.
Mining Firms Uneasy Over Bolivia
Bolivia’s plan to nationalize its natural gas industry and exert greater state control over all of its natural resources has North American mining companies fretting over their future prospects extracting the nation’s rich resources of gold, silver and tin.
The Bawl Mill
• Bogus science in California
• By the numbers
• Little noticed health care tax
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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• Looking Back
• Prospecting on the Yukon River
• Placer Gold in Arizona
• The Fire Assay of Fly Eyes
• Bill Could Create New Silver Market
• 2002 Inductees to the National Mining Hall of Fame
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mystery of Olmec Jade Solved
