The Bawl Mill

February 2001 by Scott Harn

Picks & Pans: The California State Nugget

March 2002
Last summer I spent all of my weekends and most of my vacation time camped out on the south fork of the Yuba River with a couple of gold miners by the name of Leon and Joe.

Moving the World's Largest Machine—The Bucyrus 2570W Walking Dragline

August 2003
This project began in early August 2002, when approximately 12 major project forwarders were invited to bid on moving a Bucyrus Model 2570W Walking Dragline from the US to Australia.

Newmont Tries to Become World's Largest

December 2001
Newmont Mining Corporation, Normandy Mining Ltd., and Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation announced a possible merger, which would create the world’s largest mining company. The boards of all three have approved the plan, but it is still subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.

Prospecting With a Detector: Lessons Learned

November 2012
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.

Company to Sue Over Stymied Gold Mine

November 1999
A Colorado company that saw its plans for a big Montana gold mine derailed by a 1998 voter initiative says it will sue the state for hundreds of millions of dollars, to cover loss of the project.

Beach Mining Returns to Washington State

March 2009
Washington State gold miners received good news when they were recently informed that State officials have granted them authority to resume limited placer gold beach mining...

Researching Mineralized Areas

December 2015
There are a load of ways to do research, and I’m going to talk about how I do it—maybe you’ll get some ideas that will work for you, too.

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