PLP and MMAC Update

January 2018 by Scott Harn

One of the Richest Beaches Ever Mined

April 2015
Everyone has heard of the golden beach at Nome, but Nome did not have the richest beach.

Small-Scale Hard Rock Mining With Water Recycling

March 2015
Once I have established the presence of gold in the sample, I collect five-gallon bucket quantities of the rock material for processing back at my shop.

Guinea Africa: Gold, Ebola, and a Monkey Barbecue

December 2014
With great relief, the equipment I chose worked well, and after shoving into three days what should have been ten days of set-up and testing, we were up and running.

Ask The Experts

April 2015
• Making a noisy dredge more quiet

Placer Mining At Chititu Creek, Alaska

March 2015
There is reason to believe these stream valleys are still rich with gold, silver and copper.

Gold Rush in the Congo—Part II

June 2013
We needed something to cook on, so we brought most of our kitchen with us including our full-size oven, which was pretty funny to see in the middle of a rainforest. Food was always a concern, but fortunately for us...

New Research Tool for Miners in Wyoming

September 2018

The Wyoming Geological Survey released an online interactive map...

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