All Articles
Researching and Staking Mining Claims
December 2006 by Chris Ralph
One of the greatest opportunities still available to Americans is the opportunity to stake and own your own mining claim. Much of the Western US consists of lands that are open to claim by any US citizen...
Mining Restrictions Lifted in Southwest Alaska
Mining restrictions will be lifted on about 1 million acres of federal land in southwest Alaska, officials have announced.
Melman on Gold & Silver
In our opinion, these dizzying up and down moves reflect not so much a change in the direction of hard data, but rather fluctuations in sentiment regarding the degree of danger relating to the overall international economic structure.
Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits
The same questions you ask yourself about gold trapping features in the present stream can be applied to the benches above the stream. Just imagine the stream at a much earlier time, before it cut its way down to the present level…
Gold in Guatemala
The Central American nation of Guatemala is better known for civil unrest, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions than it is for gold. However, there is gold in the country, and there are undoubtedly many undiscovered deposits in the jungles and rainforests.
The Basics of Geophysical Exploration
In developing a mineral property or mining claims, one of the first goals is to identify and quantify valuable deposits. The classic method of doing this is by drilling holes into the ground to sample what is below the surface. The problem is that one or two holes usually are not going to tell you a whole lot...
Over the Divide
Robert A. Sanregret
1930 - 1999
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• The Goodnews Bay Platinum Fields
• Special Rock
• The Business of Mining: Cars, Trucks and Tax Deductions
• The Kern River Gold Rush
• Finding Gold in Mokelumne River Canyon
• Important Court Cases
• Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
• Market Spotlight: Platinum in Demand
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
• Looking Back
Free:
