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Prospecting Adventures—Pure Gold
June 2008 by Jim Pressley
I often wonder if I would have felt the same about gold prospecting if my father had introduced me to it at a young age. Would I have the same passion and fascination that I do now? How much further along the learning curve would I be if...
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The Red Point Mine
March 2009
This article is about the Red Point Mine, which was a buried intervolcanic channel and a very rich one.
This article is about the Red Point Mine, which was a buried intervolcanic channel and a very rich one.
Prospecting for Silver Deposits
August 2015
In some ways, silver is the forgotten precious metal because it straddles both the world of precious metals and jewelry, while having many important industrial applications like a base metal. The price of silver reflects both the precious metal investment demand as well as the industrial demand.
In some ways, silver is the forgotten precious metal because it straddles both the world of precious metals and jewelry, while having many important industrial applications like a base metal. The price of silver reflects both the precious metal investment demand as well as the industrial demand.
Ask The Experts
September 2016
• Is there a single book that covers most aspects of mining and recovery?
• Is there a single book that covers most aspects of mining and recovery?
Platinum—Group Metals
September 1999
by Henry E. Hilliard
Excerpted from USGS "1998 Annual Review"
by Henry E. Hilliard
Excerpted from USGS "1998 Annual Review"
Melman on Gold & Silver
March 2003
As the wags have been putting it recently, it looks like the United States is caught between “Iraq and a hard place.” Every day for the past month we have read headlines about the likelihood of immediate war, and, based on those headlines, gold, petroleum and the financial markets have gone off on their tangents.
As the wags have been putting it recently, it looks like the United States is caught between “Iraq and a hard place.” Every day for the past month we have read headlines about the likelihood of immediate war, and, based on those headlines, gold, petroleum and the financial markets have gone off on their tangents.
Placer Gold in Washington
February 2001
The state of Washington is not especially known for placer gold, yet significant amounts have been recovered in a few districts. These deposits are usually downstream from lode mining areas, some of which are in British Columbia.
The state of Washington is not especially known for placer gold, yet significant amounts have been recovered in a few districts. These deposits are usually downstream from lode mining areas, some of which are in British Columbia.
Over the Divide
January 2000
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