Prospecting for Diamonds: Is It a Diamond or Crystal Quartz?

July 2001 by T.D. LaRune

Labor Dept. Approves Aid to Laid-off Nevada Miners

September 1999
The U.S. Labor Department approved special retraining and job-search assistance for more than 400 mine workers recently laid off at the BHP Copper Mine near Ely.

Melman on Gold & Silver

May 2013
It may be no exaggeration at all to state that the past thirty days have seen a collection of headlines that could affect the world profoundly for years to come.

Prospecting for Iron in Alaska

July 2003
The solo prospector in his canvas field clothes and skin-thick skiff is still king of the rain forest in southeastern Alaska. Even with all the highly trained field people and their helicopters, it is he who ventures forth across ocean water and in the bush to search for new wealth hidden beneath the green carpet of the vast Tongass Forest.

The Bawl Mill

November 2010
• Bogus science in California
• By the numbers
• Little noticed health care tax

The Treasure Detective—Part IV The Story of Goldstone Nuggets

October 2006
A treasure detective, like any detective, is looking for a clue from which he can develop information to solve a mystery. Who? Why? When? The detective sniffs out a trail that will lead eventually to some undiscovered cache of coins...

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

January 2008

Picks & Pans: Prospecting on Perry Creek

August 2005
A couple of years ago Smokey Joe (Joe Parsons) and I partnered up on a placer claim on Perry Creek in southeastern British Columbia. This is one of the old gold creeks from the early days.

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