The Bawl Mill

March 2000 by Staff

Gold Deposits of the Ivory Coast

April 2014
Ivory Coast has considerable gold reserves, and this nation has the largest area of greenstone belts prospective for gold in the continent.

Looking Back

May 2007
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Prospecting for Commercial-Scale Gold Deposits

March 2009
While most individual prospectors out there are searching for placer gold, there is a different type of prospecting being done by a handful of individuals—the search for commercially viable large-scale gold and silver deposits.

Tips for Effective Drywashing

January 2011
Back in October I read with great interest Chris Ralph’s article on the use of a metal detector while drywashing, and I wholeheartedly agree—I wouldn’t even consider going drywashing without using a metal detector in conjunction...

Heavy Sands Mining

February 2013
Lately my mind has been involved with group 4 of the transition elements, namely titanium, zirconium, and hafnium. They all have similar chemical properties. Of greatest interest to economic geologists and miners is that these valuable elements often occur together in sands.

Finding Gold with a VLF Detector—Part III

June 2014
The higher the sensitivity setting, the louder and sharper the signal from a gold nugget or other metal target.

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2018

If the costs of financing the national debt increase in a manner described in this study, that should, in our opinion, be regarded as a long-term plus for the precious metals.

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