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San Manuel Mine Officially Closes With a Bang
February 2007 by Associated Press
One of the largest underground copper mines in the world officially closed mid-January, as demolition crews blasted its twin smelter stacks.Additional articles that might interest you...
2007 Annual Photo Contest Winners
January 2008
Looking Back
January 2006
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
4 Keys to Successful Nugget Hunting
February 2012
Lots of prospectors are trying out nugget detecting for the first time and finding out that it isn’t all that easy. In fact, in my opinion, metal detecting for nuggets is perhaps the most difficult form of prospecting that one can take on.
Lots of prospectors are trying out nugget detecting for the first time and finding out that it isn’t all that easy. In fact, in my opinion, metal detecting for nuggets is perhaps the most difficult form of prospecting that one can take on.
Picks & Pans: A Pay Streak in Slate
July 1999
I stared out across the Yukon River. I estimated the river at this point to be a mile wide. An occasional log floated by in the tan-colored water.
I stared out across the Yukon River. I estimated the river at this point to be a mile wide. An occasional log floated by in the tan-colored water.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2007
• Karuk Tribe case over, for now
• Fundraising continues
• Karuk Tribe case over, for now
• Fundraising continues
Prospecting Australia—Part III Anatomy of a Nugget Patch in Western Australia
December 2011
One of the most memorable nuggets I found in Australia was detected on the very last day that I was out prospecting. I was going along swinging my coil and I came across a blaring loud signal that almost blew my ears off.
One of the most memorable nuggets I found in Australia was detected on the very last day that I was out prospecting. I was going along swinging my coil and I came across a blaring loud signal that almost blew my ears off.
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