Small Mine Selective Blasting

January 2000 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

Charcoal Crucible Recipe

May 2001
...using charcoal briquettes (and no starter fluid) and a few other easily attainable ingredients.

Vendors Announced for Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit

April 2016
We are happy to announce the vendor/exhibitor spaces for the 2016 Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit in April are completely sold out. In fact, the venue has been sold out for several months.

Picks & Pans: Winter Prospecting and "Forty Mile" Miller

January 2004
It was in the mid-70s. I had just finished setting my traps out along the river when it dawned on me where “Forty Mile” Miller’s old hardrock outcrop was. Here I was, standing on snowshoes, floundering in three feet of snow, bracing myself so I wouldn’t...

The Colorado Mineral Belt

July 2000
The 250 mile long Colorado Mineral Belt cuts diagonally across central and southwestern Colorado, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains...

Using Mineral Deposit Models

June 2003
Mineral deposit models have been used in mineral exploration for thousands of years. They were obviously not called models as we use the term today, but the idea of accumulating data to predict mineral deposits is the same. Models can be valuable tools in mineral exploration and assessment and are routinely used by major mining companies in locating and evaluating mineral deposits.

Group Sues Feds Over New Nat'l Monuments

March 2000
Several Arizona lawmakers and Utah ranchers filed suit against the federal government over the creation of a national monument in northern Arizona.

Company Notes

October 2000
• Pan American Silver Corp.
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Pacific Rim Mining Corp.

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