The Bawl Mill

November 2004 by Scott Harn

Finding Gold With Copper and Turquoise

August 2009
The signs of copper, which the prospector most commonly sees in the field in outcrops and on the surface, are secondary minerals caused by the action of air and water on the original copper-bearing sulfides that were deposited deep...

Company Notes

March 2005
• Pacific Gold
• Barrick Gold
• Wheaton River Minerals
• Goldcorp
• Kinross Gold
• Canadian Arrow Mines

Accident at Robinson Mine Leaves Two Dead

January 2005
“We are saddened by the loss of two Washington Group employees and our thoughts at this time are with their families,” said Bill Myckatyn, CEO of Quadra Mining.

Old-Time Mining Geology Books

February 2004
Geology books are best used by geologists, but many of the old-time books can be understood by most anyone who has an interest in rocks and minerals. Certain words or phrases may stump the layman, but just skip those parts and go on to the portions of the books that are easily understood. Some of the old-time mining geology books should be in every small miner’s collection.

The Forms of Crystalline Gold

July 2022

The largest and most perfect single gold crystals are nearly always in the form of octahedra. These large octahedral crystals often possess deeply recessed faces.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2016

• Trump wins!

• 9th Circuit: projected global warming is sufficient for ESA

• Eagle Mountain proposed withdrawal

• CA Water Board dredge meetings

Ask the Experts

August 2014
What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?

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