Small Mining Operations
Small-Scale Hard Rock Production
December 2015 by Staff

Heavy Glacial Rocks and Gold in the Midwest

Detector Brings New Life to An Old Lode Mine
…it was immediately evident the previous owner had not been using a detector. During just a few months of working the dumps part-time, he recovered gold in quartz specimens valued in excess of $40,000.
Proper Placer Sample Processing
...your sampling procedures should not be designed to catch gold your mining technique will never recover.
Gold Rush in the Congo

The Heavy Minerals in Your Concentrates

Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget—The Trilogy Ends

Memories of Shirttail Creek, Northern California
…for a few hours, we fervently dug for gold. After we did a cleanup, I couldn’t believe the amount we got.
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