The Bawl Mill

February 2007 by Staff

Natural Gold Alloys

March 2014
Natural gold is never 100% pure; all natural nuggets contain at least some impurities. We're going to take a look at just what some of those impurities might be.

Platinum in Laccoliths

May 2003
Laccoliths are unusual igneous features that seem to occur in the stable interior parts of continents. They are concordant igneous intrusions that have domed the overlying rocks and are circular in plan, and less than 10 miles in diameter. This article deals with some of the laccoliths found in the scenic Colorado Plateau province of Utah, Colorado, and Arizona...

Ask The Experts - Geophysics and gold deposits

June 2019

State's Only Gold Mine Processes Last Precious Ore

February 2000
South Carolina's last operating mine, Kennecott Ridgeway, processed the final gold and silver it had extracted from two pits in southern Fairfield County.  But even though the mining and processing is done, the work at Kennecott is far from over...

Resurrecting An Old Hard Rock Mine

December 2018

There were nice sections of vein material at the end of several drifts, like they just stopped work one day and walked away.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

February 2014

Cold Alaskan Gold—Part II

October 2012
I decided to focus my attention on some exposed bedrock that was along a little stream only about 100 yards from our cabins. My very first pan full of gravel showed several nice small flakes that were just big enough to be picked up with my fingers. That first pan showed that indeed there was some very nice gold to be had here...

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