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The Fire Within
October 2002 by Dave Varabioff
I can’t remember the exact day, but I do remember I was 11 years old when my father Charlie Sr. took me prospecting for the first time. That’s the day the fire and passion for gold was first ignited in me. I was born and raised in Grand Forks, British Columbia, and was lucky enough to have a gold bearing creek about 10 miles from our home.The ABCs of XRF
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A Hairsbreadth from Death
Few countries in the world can claim as lengthy a mining legacy as the Cornish of southwest England. Cornwall, a county situated at the farthest tip of the country at the edge of the Atlantic ocean, has been mined for tin deposits since the Bronze Age, 2100-1500 BC.
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Saying that the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia supports mining and the jobs that mining creates would be an understatement.
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When I got back to my patch, every signal was a nugget, and I was burning up with the gold fever.
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