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Prospecting With Color
December 2000 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Perhaps no one factor has caused more confusion in the search for ore than the attempt to use color as a guide to prospecting. Yet, there is a reason for every color seen in rocks, so it deserves to be noted.
Ask The Experts
• Can I find enough gold to make a living with only hand tools?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• BLM claim fees rise.
• Miners win in Karuk Tribe of California v. USFS
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The River Runs Through It
Why couldn’t we take some cold river water, pass it through some cooling coils and cool the air in the mine? This thought came to me one Sunday afternoon while fishing, knee deep, in the cold Coeur d’Alene River just west of Kellogg, Idaho.
Bedrock Nugget Hunting: Tools of the Trade
As a guide to those who are thinking of taking up this activity or those who currently practice this trade, I have created a listing of the primary tools and equipment I use when nugget hunting.
Mine, Baby, Mine!
In March 2012, the Obama administration filed a World Trade Organization complaint against China. Now this is the election season, and taking potshots at China is an easy and natural thing for just about any politician to do. It’s almost as easy as offering support for motherhood and apple pie because virtually no one is going to oppose you. But this complaint was about mining, and so I thought it worthwhile...
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The Bawl Mill
• Letter to the Editor
• Potaro District, Guyana
• World Gold Council Launches $3 Million Ad Campaign
• Prospecting for Platinum in Wyoming
• Picks & Pans: More Big River Dredging in Northern California
• Epithermal Ore Deposits Associated With Tertiary Volcanism—And the Feasibility of Metal Detecting for Them
• A Changing Diamond Industry Looks to Canada for Growth
• History of Mining—Bradshaw Mountains, AZ—Part II
• Company Notes
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
