The Bawl Mill

May 2001 by Scott Harn

Ask the Experts

March 2014
NOI or POO for small backhoe

Fellow Miner, Left for Dead, Needs Our Help

September 2002
On January 11, 2002, at 7:00 am, a passerby found what he thought was a dead body by the Pro-Mack South Quartzsite store in front of the gate to the storage lockers next door. The police arrived to find Don Thornton, the Pro-Mack South Quartzsite store manager, unconscious, black and blue...

Nevada's Lithium Boom

March 2017
When prospecting for lithium, after confirming for macro attributes through research and field work, including examination of surface geology, the main tool is an accurate lithium assay.

Flat-Fault Gold

August 2001
Gold and other valuable metals are often deposited in breccia and rubble formed by flat or gently-dipping faults. Such faults are commonly found in areas of crustal stretching caused by the movement of tectonic plates. Flat-faults are especially common in southeast California, southern Arizona, and northern Sonora, Mexico. However, they can be present anywhere that crustal stretching has occurred.

California's Mother Lode Quartz Veins

May 2015
The actions of the hot, ore-bearing solutions are not limited only to the deposition of material within the walls of the fissures.

Ask The Experts - EPA Method 6020 testing

June 2019

Our Readers Say

December 2001
This is in response to Norbert Beckstrom’s letter in the November issue of the ICMJ. He wrote in reference to a letter by Jerry Hobbs in the October issue. If anyone opened up a can of worms, it is Mr. Beckstrom.

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