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The Bawl Mill
April 2002 by Staff
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Ask The Experts: Can a long range locator probe detect gold in quartz?
Q: I was wondering how such a device could locate a rich gold vein in quartz, for example, since a metal like gold is non-magnetic.
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Ask the Experts
Q: Does anyone know of an electrowinning instrument that will plate (heavy plate) rhodium and iridium? I have both in solution. (Solution content = 262.9 oz/ton of iridium; 14.9 oz/ton rhodium.)
If I have precious metals in solution in bulk, say 620 to 1,000 gallons, is there a facility to extract the precious metals out? If so, can each be isolated?
Tantalum
Tantalum is a refractory metal which is non-toxic, ductile; easily fabricated, has a high melting point, is highly resistant to corrosion and is a good conductor of heat and electricity. It has the unique ability to transmit an alternating current in only one direction.
Bigger and Better—Gold Prospecting & Mining Summit Recap
Our second year’s Summit, held over five days in mid-May, was even bigger and better than last year’s gathering. We had more vendors, more hands-on classes and a very full slate of lectures and presentations. Over 2,300 prospectors attended...
Lightning Creek, British Columbia
Lightning Creek is one of the famous placer gold streams in the Cariboo district of east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is 445 miles, by highway, north of Vancouver, some 50 miles east of the town of Quesnel (pop. 8,500).
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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• Alluvial Fans
• Platinum Claims on Heines Creek
• Picks & Pans: Eureka! We Struck It Again
• More on Meteorites
• The Gold Hill and Iowa Mine, Boise County, Idaho: 1863-1895
• The First Prospectors
• All That Glitters is Gold
• Aussie Gold—Swinging Over to South Australia
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
