Small Mines Bill Clears Committee

March 1999 by Associated Press

The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide

August 2007
In last month’s article I talked a bit about opportunities for heap leaching small hardrock deposits. This month I’m going to talk about the basics of putting together a heap leach project, including building the pad and leaching the ore.

California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007

October 2007
Ready, Set, Go! The stopwatch clicks on and the panner starts like being fired out of a cannon. It’s the Labor Day weekend and the State Championships are on their way.

Beginner's Luck

July 2010
Their first cleanup total was more gold than they had ever found. These guys were deliriously overjoyed with their good fortune.

Tales of California Gold Discoveries 1st in a Series—Yankee Jim's

September 2005
Most everyone has heard the term “gold is where you find it’” and probably have read how James Marshall, in 1848, while inspecting the mill-race ditch that had been dug to supply water for the saws at the sawmill that he was building for John Sutter, ended up finding the first pieces of gold within the ditch along the South Fork of the American River...

2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees

July 2004
The six inductees are Georgius Agricola, David William Brunton, Herbert E. Goodman, David Ray Mitchell and Robert Peele.

MMAC Update

May 2017

... officials with BLM have been impressed by MMAC’s professional approach and consistency.

Spreading the Fever

July 2005
Our staff recently introduced the entire student body at Twin Lakes Christian School in Aptos, California, to gold fever. More than a few seemed to catch it.

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