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Reading A River: Finding The Paystreaks—Part I
December 2008 by Chris Ralph
How to read a river to find gold: The exact point where you choose to dig for gold makes a big difference because the placer gold deposits formed in rivers and streams are anything but uniform—some parts are rich in gold...
Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold
We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.
California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007
Ready, Set, Go! The stopwatch clicks on and the panner starts like being fired out of a cannon. It’s the Labor Day weekend and the State Championships are on their way.
Gold Prospecting: For Better or Worse--It Was A Dark and Overcast Night
With one outstretched hand grasping the bottle and the other waving at air, I moved forward feeling for the tent. No tent. No tree.
Treasures for Sale
A Wolfeboro company will sell portions of one of the most talked about treasures in American history.
The Bawl Mill
• Environmental solution becomes the problem
• How much money are you forfeiting?
• The unbearable snowman
Platinum in Nevada
Platinum group metals (PGMs) have been noted at a few localities in Nevada, especially in Clark County. Unfortunately, some of these occurrences have been associated, in the past, with fraudulent schemes. The amount of PGMs found so far has not been enough for commercially important mining operations, but the mere fact that PGMs are present is worthy of note.
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The Bawl Mill
• Mining Journal Contest
• Bullion River's French Gulch Gold Mine
• Montana Tunnels Gets Final OK
• Gold Miners Hunker Down Amid Financial Storm
• Lluvia de Oro—A Shower of Gold Awaiting Development in the Sierra Madre—Part II
• From Hand Sluice to Dredge
• Melman on Gold & Silver (2008 Year in Review)
• Chavez Eyes Venezuela’s Largest Gold Mine
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
