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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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Oil is a naturally occurring combustible fluid of organic origin that is commonly found in California and in many other parts of the world.
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The formation of gold, silver and many other types of deposits depends on a natural segregation of the elements from the earth, so that gold or silver (and other minerals) becomes enriched enough to form a valuable ore.
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The Bawl Mill
June 2001
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• Go on, take the money and run...
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