The Bawl Mill

February 2000 by Staff

From the Editor

January 2013
The past year was an extremely busy one here at ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal.

Melman on Gold & Silver

May 2001
If this past month has proved anything, it is the reversible nature of the rule that “what goes up must come down” which now also can read “what goes down must come up.”

The Fine Art of Panning Heavy Sands

October 2011
The fine art of panning heavy sands requires a measure of patience. If you enjoy panning gold, you ought to enjoy this too, once you get the hang of it.

Picks & Pans: The Gold of "Eldorado Canyon"—Mariposa County, California

June 2002
First, let me say that Eldorado Canyon is what we call this area, but it’s not the real name. It’s a piece of private property where we have permission to metal detect; I do not want to start another gold rush! The property is located in Mariposa County...

Seven Troy Ounces of Premonition?

February 2021

He made some casual conversation until he got around to what really brought him into my camper.

Elizabethtown: Uncovering a Buried California Mining Community

July 1999
Although there are many mining ghost towns in California, it is rare to find the ruins of one that was abandoned 140 years ago and then subsequently buried by hydraulic mining debris.

Dredging for Monazite in Idaho

October 2003
The advent of the nuclear age, after World War II, aroused concerns in government circles when officials realized the United States was entirely dependent upon foreign sources of supply for rare earth elements. This prompted the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to enlist the US Bureau of Mines Special Minerals Investigation Branch to evaluate monazite-bearing placers in the United States in 1948.

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