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Prospecting for Diamonds: Is It a Diamond or Crystal Quartz?
July 2001 by T.D. LaRune
Prospectors typically stumble upon diamonds while searching for other minerals.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
• CA suction dredging update
• Appropriations Bill addresses problems at EPA
• Bad science, worse policy
Noted Geologist Murdered in Kenya
Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeast Kenya.
Time for a New Approach: Detecting Float Gold
The first pieces found were in a spot that most gold hunters would not even detect, right in the middle of a downslope meadow.
The PIGMI—a DIY Crevice Tool
I’ve had great success using it to gather gold from crevices. I’d like to share the design with all of you gold miners reading this article and hope that you get as much satisfaction building and using it as I did.
Ask The Experts—Can you help explain the ratings in Melman On Gold & Silver?
Q: I’m a fairly new subscriber. I enjoy Leonard’s financial column but his ratings at the end don’t seem to make sense. He will highlight problems with the economy but rate it “Positive.” Why is that?
Company Notes
• Azco Mining Inc.
• Hecla Mining Co.
• Canyon Resources Corp.
• Royal Oak Mines
• BHP World Minerals
• Pacific North West Capital
Ask The Experts - Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?
Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Global Warming—The Press Gets it Wrong, Our Report Doesn't Support the Kyoto Treaty
• Former Sunshine Miners Find Work in Montana
• CMA Conference Summary
• Uranium Deposits
• Washington Gold & Fish Update
• Basic Information About Gold Detectors
• Oil Seeps in Northern California
• Diamond Dealer Prevails in Congo
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: The Gold Bullion Mine
• Arizona's Border Silver Camps
• The Stonewall Jackson Mine, San Diego County, California
• Proposal Submitted for Lab at Homestake
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
