Prospecting & Detecting
Salted Mining Properties—How to Properly Evaluate a Claim
March 2012 by Chris Ralph
Sometimes there are good mining claims on the market available to purchase, but there are also folks out there who are willing to take your money under false pretenses. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that these wolves in sheep’s clothing are few and far between.Gold Dredging on Oregon's South Umpqua

Getting Into Hot Water While Reclamation Dredging
Once I started dredging with heated water pumped into my wetsuit, I never went back to not having heat except late in the summer when the water is very warm.
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…since many miners have wandered these hills over the years, you have to sometimes be a little more creative and unconventional in your methods to hopefully find new deposits.
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Due to the lockdown, I spent lots of time indoors this spring and I decided to add a drone as a faithful mate in my research.
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