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The Bawl Mill
June 2003 by Staff
• What's that smell?• Do you recognize the face on that milk carton?
• The debate over hockey
• Sir, what size and color bra do you prefer?
• Beam me up
Appeals Court OKs Permits for Upper Peninsula Mine
The $800 million project will provide 300 jobs during production. It will be the only US mine where nickel is the primary targeted mineral, with about 360 million pounds to be extracted.
California's Rich Pocket Mines
The seven geologic indicators... are important concepts for prospectors to focus on when searching for gold pockets.
Volume is the Key to Success
While recovery rates are important, they must necessarily be secondary to the volume of material processed. Running more material at lower recovery rates is generally preferable to increasing the efficiency of the system.
Picks & Pans: Prospecting for Lode Gold
Most of the world's ore deposits have been found by prospectors, not by geologists nor mining engineers. This article has been prepared with this fact in mind.
The Jenkins Mine Project Pt III -- Site Selection
This sampling program was painfully tedious, and I’ve still got the calluses and embedded shovel splinters to prove it. But completing that testing program validated certain areas of the creek and eliminated others.
Iron Minerals, Your Detector and Gold
It’s worthwhile for the prospector using a metal detector to know a little bit more about the association of iron and gold as well as how iron minerals affect your metal detector.
Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park is located 4 miles southeast of Murfreesboro, Arkansas...in an area of low hills, about a half-mile north of the Little Missouri River. The region receives 45 inches of rain per year, enough to support pine-oak forests. The diamond-bearing area stands out as grasslands surrounded by forests.
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City Gives Blessing to Pogo Mine
• Underground at Yankee Jim's
• Dry Placers in Southern Baja
• A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
• Gold in Tennessee
• Old Stock Certificates—Treasures or Trash?
• Payette Forest Sides With Mining Company
• Using Mineral Deposit Models
• Miners Still Waiting for Bonding Recommendations from DOI
• The Old Mine Dump
• A Practical Approach to Dowsing
• Feds Release Opinion on Planned Mine Under Montana Wilderness
• The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
