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The Ancient History of Gold
December 2002 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Man was aware of the presence of gold over 7,000 years ago, and it probably did not take him long to find out that gold was malleable and resistant to corrosion. He no doubt learned, at an early date, that objects could be fashioned from gold.All About Trommels and Screens for Placer Gold Recovery
The right speed accumulates only the heavy materials and allows all of the lighter stuff to flow through. This optimum speed is dependent on the size of the gravel you need to move through the system.
Mass Wasting & Gold Deposits
Not all of these slides and debris flows will produce results, but if you search for these while prospecting in your gold producing areas, then you can increase your odds of finding new gold.
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• Gold in West Virginia?
Melman on Gold & Silver
As the wags have been putting it recently, it looks like the United States is caught between “Iraq and a hard place.” Every day for the past month we have read headlines about the likelihood of immediate war, and, based on those headlines, gold, petroleum and the financial markets have gone off on their tangents.
How to Research Prospecting Locations and Mining Claims
If you are interested in researching mining claims for any purpose, you will first have to decipher the BLM’s LR2000, a Rube Goldberg database seemingly designed by a 1980s Soviet-era computer hacker.
Mining Battle Case Under Advisement
Two weeks of sometimes-heated testimony have ended in a case that pits Cyprus Amax Minerals against opponents who want to prevent the company from mining ore from a central Colorado mountain.
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The Bawl Mill
• Original Sixteen-to-One Mine Fights On
• Solar-Powered Placer Sampling Equipment
• Working the Belmont Mine—1953 (Part 3—Conclusion)
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: Gold and Bears
• Gold in North Dakota
• The North Star Mine
• Dectecting Alaskan Gold Nuggets
• Columbians Continue Search for Emeralds
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
