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The Skaergaard Intrusion
December 2004 by Brian Mooney
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How to Become a More Successful Nugget Detectorist—And Basic Information on Machines
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Gold: Is It Everywhere?
Gold, on the other hand, is super rare, and is one of the rarest elements in the earth’s crust. It averages only 0.000004 percent of the earth’s surface. That is four parts in a billion.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• US Supreme Court declines to hear dredging controversy
• Why Senate Bill S3422 is bad for America
• Comment deadline extended for new California dredging regulations
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Roadless Rule back in play
• Action needed on SB 670
• Abbey recommended to head BLM
• Capped and jobless
• S 787
• SB 796 & HR 699
Detecting A Trashy Area
Some prospectors would have assumed it was another shotgun shell, but in this case it was 17.6-pennyweight nugget!
A Golden Vacation
Each day for the first part of the week my boys and I picked and chipped away at that wall, stockpiling dirt in 5-gallon buckets and cement mixing tubs.
Picks & Pans: Working the Ol' Paystreak
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The Bawl Mill
• Gold Diver's Closes Its Doors
• Geologist's Search for PGMs Leads to Mining Venture
• Diamonds in the Rough in Montana
• The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part I—The Geology of Coarse Gold Formation
• Using Microbes for Mining
• The Carter and Reynolds Gold Mines: Is There a Yet Unknown, but Mineable Gold Deposit Here?
• Michigan House Committee Approves Sulfide Mining Regulations
• Surging Gold Prices Add Luster to Nevada's No. 2 Industry
• Ruby Hill Gold Mine to Reopen in Eureka
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• BLM Launches Mining Claim Records Viewer
• Newmont Welcomes Release of Executives
• The Baja Gold Rush of 1889
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back