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July 2018 by Staff
• Drug smuggling tunnels filled with environmental delays and red tape
• Did we make the list?
• A whopper of an error
The Old Mine Dump
There is one special picnic table I fervently wish I had kept. This special table was literally on top of the world. Better yet, it was on the mine dump of the old, long-abandoned gold mines at Summitville, Colorado.
California Destroys Another Prospecting Business
His small business managed to pump millions of dollars over the years into the California economy.
Geobotany: Plants Associated With Mineral Deposits

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Ask The Experts: Small-scale drilling
Q: What is available to a small prospector? How does one prospect (drill) into the walls of an old hard rock mine to see what is 10 feet beyond...
Melman on Gold & Silver
The hoopla is over, the spectacular shows are just a memory. The fact is, we're stuck in the 2000s whether we like it or not! And the sad—or glad—reality is that changing the year's first number from a "one" to a "two" hasn't really changed anything other than giving us oldtimers some minor irritation now and then until we get used to things.
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• Mining Pegmatite Deposits
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• SS Central America Gives Up Millions in Gold Rush Era Gold
• Falcon Fanatic: Journey of a Novice Detectorist
• Las Médulas—The Gem of the Roman Gold Mines
• Critical Minerals: Titanium
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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PLP Update: Back to The 'Swamp' on Behalf of Small Miners