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Search for the Legendary Sierra Azul
June 2001 by Robert P. Ezzo
One of the most unique mining stories to derive from the days of the Spanish conquest of the Southwest is the legendary story of the Sierra Azul, or “Blue Mountain” of Arizona. The first reports of what some historians maintain is nothing more than mere myth, came in the middle of the seventeenth century, and it survived as a frontier tradition into the nineteenth century.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Forest Service Roadless Initiave comment period is about to close
• Endangered Species Decision Delayed
• 43 CFR Part 3800—Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws
Hard Rock 101: Blasting With Kinepak Explosives
Fortunately, there are products on the market that can address these problems and make a small-scale mining operation feasible.
Finding Gold - Fact vs Fiction
October 2023Truths and myths about finding Gold
Melman on Gold & Silver
... if the “renewed prosperity” concept fails to materialize and additional crises are on their way—each one to be met with currency expansions and worsening conditions—then we would speculate that gold and silver will move higher.
Over the Divide
Charles L. Butler
1920 - 2014
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comment period extended for frog habitat
• Tennessee permits for gold prospecting
• California dredging injunction and restraining order hearing
Prospecting With The Help of Fluvial Geomorphology
Quiz yourself about the stream in figure 5. Based on your previous knowledge of where gold is found in a stream and in this article, where do you think you will find the most gold?
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The Bawl Mill
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• Great Basin Gold
• Company Notes
• GATA Update
• Picks & Pans: Selecting a Gold Dredge
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• Public Lands for the People Educates Prospectors
• Harshaw's Silver Days
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• Melman on Gold & Silver
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