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Prospecting for Diamonds
May 2008 by W. Dan Hausel
In 1977, I was a young, inexperienced geologist hired to evaluate Wyoming’s diamond resources in the Colorado-Wyoming State Line district, and investigate and map all other mineral commodities in the state with the exception of oil, gas...
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I have a highbanker, and I am considering adding a suction piece to make it a combo.
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