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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.Additional articles that might interest you...
Gold Rush in the Congo
May 2013
It all started with a phone call from my friend and prospecting partner Pat Keene. He told me that he knew of an investor who was just starting out in the gold industry and was looking for a gold consultant to go to Africa to prospect and analyze a 400 sq. mile concession in the middle of the Congo rainforest. I waited for the “just kidding” line...
It all started with a phone call from my friend and prospecting partner Pat Keene. He told me that he knew of an investor who was just starting out in the gold industry and was looking for a gold consultant to go to Africa to prospect and analyze a 400 sq. mile concession in the middle of the Congo rainforest. I waited for the “just kidding” line...
Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
January 2010
Internet Posting Fuels Gold Rush in Brazilian Town
March 2007
It’s a gold rush in the Amazon jungle, driven by the Internet.
It’s a gold rush in the Amazon jungle, driven by the Internet.
Prospecting With Color
December 2000
Perhaps no one factor has caused more confusion in the search for ore than the attempt to use color as a guide to prospecting. Yet, there is a reason for every color seen in rocks, so it deserves to be noted.
Perhaps no one factor has caused more confusion in the search for ore than the attempt to use color as a guide to prospecting. Yet, there is a reason for every color seen in rocks, so it deserves to be noted.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
August 2011
• California suction dredging
• House shows support for public land use
• California suction dredging
• House shows support for public land use
Chinese Camp, California and the Tong War of 1856
February 2000
In an enterprise known for its boom-to-bust pattern, Tuolumne County produced some of the most productive and enduring gold mining towns of the last half of the 19th century in. California.
In an enterprise known for its boom-to-bust pattern, Tuolumne County produced some of the most productive and enduring gold mining towns of the last half of the 19th century in. California.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
December 2007
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