Prospecting & Detecting
Sunshine and Gold
January 2016 by Ray Mills
Introduction to Meteorites
The distribution of meteorites across the planet was, at one time, thought to be random and unpredictable.Fells Flat Gold
My wife Fran and I were brushing and repairing the road to our claim when we were interrupted by a fellow in a pretty yellow Jeep heading out to the local town of Quincy, California.
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