The Search Continues

December 1999 by Staff

Grizzly Flats, California—Another Mother Lode Gold Rush Town

January 2022

We chatted for a bit and then we had to take off, but I kept what he said in the back of my mind as we rushed out to some other gold-bearing place in the Mother Lode to feed our gold fever.

Melman on Gold & Silver

March 2013
Quite suddenly, another major financial issue with significant implications for the world of precious metals has been gaining growing attention. We are referring to concern about looming “currency wars,” and we also discuss that topic...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2004
• Comments needed
• Reid goes to bat for miners

Picks & Pans: Dredging Costa Rica

October 2001
My interest in gold mining began with a few friends who, knowing that I was a chemist by trade (never mind that I am a biochemist), interrogated me every day at the gringo coffee shop in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Picks & Pans—Drywashing and Detecting in Southern California

November 2004
The late George Elwood, of Johannesburg, California, was well known for helping anyone in need. As a matter of fact, I originally met George when he went out of his way to help me with a flat-tire problem.

Benefits of a Detecting Partner

April 2013
“Metal detecting is not a social function.” So said a good friend of mine. And it’s true. But that’s not to say the benefits of having a prospecting partner don’t outweigh those of being alone.

Gold Fever

August 1999
"Little Boys who pick up rocks either go to prison or become geologists."

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