Small Mining Operations
Simple Mine Surveying With Basic Hand Tools
April 2021 by Keith Bowen
…there is an easy way to create a reasonably accurate map without any fancy instruments.
The Hughes Creek Placers, Montana

The Heavy Minerals in Your Concentrates

Comments on Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold Series
The 316 Mining Company has not been all that successful, but does not ever seem to learn from their past mistakes.
How to Use BLM’s New Mineral and Land Records System
This new map-based tool is far superior to the old version with lots of potential layers and information that a prospector can use in research.
Recovering Fine Gold with Oleophilic Adhesion

Gold Dredging on Oregon's South Umpqua

Critical Minerals Update
The critical metals are essential to the modern lives we lead. The prices of critical metals are moving up even faster than government published rates of inflation, with little sign of slowing down.
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The Bawl Mill
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• How Deep Can That Detector Go?
• Dredging Do's and Don'ts
• Emails Confirm--FBI Was Looking for Gold at Pennsylvania Dig Site
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• Preparing For The 2021 Mining Season
• Drywashing for Desert Gold—Part III
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