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

July 2001 by T.D. LaRune

Melman on Gold & Silver

May 1999
For gold advocates, the theme this past month could have been Life should be beautiful!  After all, just consider some of the events of the past month.

Dry Washing to Capture Fine Gold

November 2013
There may be lots of smaller gold I cannot hear with a detector, but it looks just fine in my pan once it is out of the crevice.

Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part I

March 1999
On a beautiful day in 1971, my wife and I were scratching around some old miner's camp when I dug up a metal gold pan and thought I would try my hand at panning for gold. (mistake #1)

Gold in Tertiary Gravels

November 2015
In some places, semi-continuous sections of riverbed can easily be linked in many places to identify the path of the ancient rivers.

Miners Discuss Struggles at NWMA

January 2009
Falling metal prices and rising production costs have squeezed profits in recent months, forcing many mine layoffs and putting some new mines on hold. Now, the industry is gearing up for another fight over mining reform legislation with a Congress that has fewer mining supporters after November’s elections that saw Democratic majorities increase in both houses.

Looking Back

October 2003
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Oregon County Tries to Interfere With Lawful Mining Operation

April 2010
...Curry County, at the urging of local environmentalists, is doing whatever it can to get in his way. The county’s latest attempt was through the issuance of a stop-work order, which claimed numerous unsubstantiated violations.

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