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Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska
March 2008 by Tom Leftwich
There are lots of stories about the big gold found in Alaska, but where does a prospector get the idea that it’s something the every day gold miner might get involved in? One must understand that the quest for gold in the mid-1800s brought...
Ask the Experts
How does one determine who owns a mining claim?
Getting Your Float Circuit Layout Right
Commissioning is going well; ramp-up targets are all being met and the General Manager is happy. You arrive at the plant in the morning and start reviewing the night shift logs. What you discover is the night shift had to reduce feed to the mills...
Using Geologic Publications to Discover Collecting Sites
I understand that a person without geological knowledge could be daunted reading a geological publication. You can pick out the good stuff from a geological publication without a lot of geological knowledge.
Melman on Gold & Silver
If there was one theme underlying many of last month’s headlines, it was millions of people on the march. Throughout France, students, union leaders and run-of-the-mill rioters created havoc as millions marched to protest a new law that would give employers the right to dismiss unsatisfactory youthful employees during their first two years of service.
Judge Holds Companies Liable for Some Damage
A federal judge found mining companies liable for at least some of the costs of cleaning up pollution of Idaho’s Silver Valley from a century of mining.
Highbanking and the House Rock
I hit bedrock at two feet and followed it down as it appeared that I was on the edge of a rib that ran with the river. This was beginning to look very promising and I was seeing some small gold—pieces and flakes—in the header of my sluice box.
Exploration Drilling
Selected excerpt from USDA Forest Service Technical Report:
Anatomy of a Mine from Prospect to Production
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?
• Ask The Experts — Could you please include the stock symbol in "Mining Stock Quotes"?
• Gryphon Gold and the Borealis Project
• A Modern Day Prospector’s Story
• Conducting Research To Find New Gold Deposits
• New Tax Considerations For Your Mining Business
• The Carson City Mint
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
