The Bawl Mill

December 2005 by Sandra Chereb

Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives

September 2010
Hardrock mining in the US has been hit by a tragic streak of mining accidents in recent months.

Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits

February 2017
The same questions you ask yourself about gold trapping features in the present stream can be applied to the benches above the stream. Just imagine the stream at a much earlier time, before it cut its way down to the present level…

Company Notes

October 2005
• Coeur Alaska
• Canico Resources
• Entree Gold
• Newmont Mining
• Bema Gold
• Copper Ridge Explorations

Quartzsite Gives Up Some Big Gold

June 2017

There is always an overwhelming feeling when finding gold of any size, but one like this doesn’t come along very often.

Recovering Values from Black Sands

May 2007
Every placer miner has to deal with it in one form or another, and some locations have it far worse than others, but nearly every placer has at least some of it: black sand. It collects in our concentrates and gets in the way of recovering our fine gold.

New Rules to Impact the Lease/Buy Decision

September 2014
Whether to buy or lease is a question facing many small-scale operators and prospectors even as credit becomes more readily available. While there is no one correct answer that fits every mining operation or business, compared to the simplicity of buying, leasing is far more complicated and may be getting more complex.

From Curiosity to Mine Owner - Pt II

October 2015
When we last heard from Ernie, he was still in Honduras and we were anxiously waiting to hear how the set up and training went at the mine. It got a bit complicated after that.

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