The Bawl Mill

March 2000 by Staff

Ask The Experts

April 2015
• Two questions: Is fool's gold magnetic? And how do you go about filing a miing claim?

Picks & Pans: Tips for Nuggestshooting—How to Increase Your Gold Finds (Part I)

April 2000
From a prospector's standpoint, the metal detector may be one of the most significant breakthroughs of the twentieth century. It is believed that the first metal detector was discovered accidentally in 1925 when a radio engineer...

The Hughes Creek Placers, Montana

April 2013
Gold discoveries in the Montana territories sparked a frantic stampede to these bonanza destinations in the early 1860s. Hughes Creek is located in Ravalli County, which is located in western Montana, and the gold here is...

Crushing Quartz in Calaveras County: A Placer Miner Learns New Tricks

June 2014
I had never run an impact mill before, but anything involving rocks, water and a big electric motor sounded great.

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2005
People who want to believe that the sky is falling or the end of the (economic) world is at hand sure had ammunition thrown at them by the bucketfuls in the past month.

Platinum Prices Could Spur Wyoming Rush

April 2000
Rising platinum prices could lead to a rush in southeastern Wyoming, one of the few places in the world where the metal is found, a state geologist said.

Melman on Gold & Silver

February 2010
As laws become cluttered, difficult to understand and almost impossible to enforce both effectively and economically, they are bound to drag down industry and commerce inside a welter of complications.

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