The Bawl Mill

May 2001 by Scott Harn

Prospecting on Pickering Bar

March 2007
On Saturday, January 27, 2007, six of us began a trip to Pickering Bar on the North Fork of the American River. It was 7:30 am and we had our engines running to begin the first leg of our two and a half hour trip to get there.

2004 California State Gold Panning Championships

October 2004
One hundred eighty-one gold panners flocked into the old mining town of Foresthill on Memorial Day weekend, all with the objective of proving just how good they were. This was the Wild West all over again, and the shootout at OK Corral was nothing compared to the smoke and fire these contestants put up to determine who was the best of the best—and the best were there to compete, too.

Ask The Experts

May 2015
Is a miniature spectrometer in our future?

Michigan DEQ Approves Upper Peninsula Mine

January 2008
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved permits allowing Kennecott Minerals, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to operate a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.

Ask the Experts: gold per ton; improving assay method

May 2012
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?

Picks & Pans: Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska

January 2003
It is not my choice to be diving under the icy waters of the East Fork River in the last days of chilly January. But indeed there are a few brave souls that like to suffer, as I see it. Then again the rewards can be great. If you have the proper equipment and the...

Just Another Ordinary Weekend

March 2015

There was no evidence that anyone else had ever worked this gully with the exception of some old sample piles near the foot of the ravine.

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