All Articles
Sandstone Silver in Texas
November 2002 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Sandstone silver deposits are found at several places near Van Horn, West Texas. The region is in the Basin Range province, which is characterized by low mountain ranges separated by broad desert valleys. Most of the region receives less than 10 inches of rain per year, barely enough to support scrubby desert vegetation. Van Horn (Pop. 3,000) is 121 miles, by highway, east of El Paso.Hope Boy Finds Gem During Field Trip
It's not THE Hope Diamond, but a half-carat yellow gem worth up to $700 will fit that bill for an elementary school student from, where else, Hope.
The Summer of ‘81
When it was all setup and running, you had everything coming off the dredge riffles into the boil box. At the hole section, some of the water got sucked down and pulled a lot of black sand and over heavies…
Melman on Gold & Silver
The last item on our “crisis agenda” may be the most important of all, perhaps because it may be the most unpredictable.
Company Notes
• Barrick Gold Corp
• Randgold Resources
• Pacific Gold Corp
• World Ventures Inc
• Acadian Gold Corp
• Phelps Dodge Corp
• Timberline Resources Corp
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Lamproites and Diamonds
• Working the Belmont Mine, Butte, Montana—1953 (Part 2)
• A Real Placer Miner
• Mojave Desert Gold
• Miner Unhappy After Judge Dismisses Charges
• Picks & Pans: Fig Tree, Grape Vine and Good Gold
• Sluicing on Bedrock
• A Few Prospecting Notes From Jim Straight
• Explorers to Salvage Gold-Laden Ship
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
