Prospecting & Detecting
The Big Picture
May 2023 by Ray Mills
Hard Rock Milling: A Matter of Scale
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.
Lazy Day Gold
January 2023The Subsurface Suction Dredge
The problems of the submersible dredge tube are addressed by the subsurface dredge, where the enclosed sluice recovery tube is suspended from a flotation assembly...
Dealing With Hot Rocks and Mineralization
What about all that noise coming from the ground? What is a prospector supposed to do about that?
Tips and Tricks: Preparing Your Dredge Engine for Storage
From this I inferred that engine 2 had a carburetor problem. In this article, I discuss the specific engine/carburetor problem, and the surprising solution to this problem.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Man vs Paydirt
As I laid in my Jeep and tried to get some rest, I began to realize how tired I was. I felt like a little kid who walked around Disneyland for 12 hours with his parents.
Trying Out the New Highbanker
The 2011 gold season had finally got underway on the Middle Fork of the Feather River near Quincy, California. Cold weather and high water had pushed gold mining into mid-summer, but things were looking up.
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The Idaho Gamble Part 1
• High and Dry: Tips for Prospecting Hillside Deposits
• Taking Advantage of the Desert Rains
• Odd People and Other Desert Animals
• Extreme Environmentalists Push for National Monument Designation
• Did The Gold Bull Market Just Start With A Jolt?
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative Update
• ICMJ Visits the Ghost Town of Bodie, California
