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The Bawl Mill
September 2007 by Staff
• Homeowner decides it’s time for change...• Money for nothing...
• Representatives bring home the bacon...again
• Two cents for your thoughts
The Other Minerals of Mt. Diablo
Although it is now known that Mount Diablo, located in Contra Costa County in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, was the site of the largest coal mining operation in the state during the last half of the 19th century... this majestic focal point... also was the source of other minerals.
The Value of Old Patches
Nuggets make for the best memories and this patch was just adding to mine. In the hours of daylight I had left, I worked from that nugget to the bottom of the patch, collecting eight more nuggets.
The Bawl Mill
• Freedom request denied
• Missing sandwich becomes a federal case
• Washington man takes the initiative
• And I complained that the Journal was delivered late...
Gold in Gossan
Gossan is defined as being an iron-bearing capping over a sulfide deposit. It is formed by the oxidation and leaching of sulfide minerals, leaving hydrated iron oxides such as limonite and goethite, along with manganese oxides.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Babbitt Wants Another 4 Million Acres
• County Ruled Unfair in Mineral Valuations
• Public Comment Period for Clean Water Action Plan
Ask The Experts
• Real or fool's gold?
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• Mining Gold at 16,000 Feet
• Locating a New Nugget Patch
• Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part II
• The American Hill Mine
• In Pursuit of Gold & Silver in the Sierra Madres—The Plan
• Cal-Gold Closes Shop After 30 Years
• The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007
• Prison Time Handed Out for Gold and Silver Thefts
• Northern Dynasty Chooses Partner for Pebble
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
• Mining Stock Quotes, Mineral & Metal Prices
