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The Skaergaard Intrusion
December 2004 by Brian Mooney
First put on the map by two British geologists in the 1930s, the Skaergaard igneous intrusion on East Greenland’s rugged mountainous coast is arguably one of the most studied and researched rock bodies in the world.
US Rare Earths: We Have & We Have Not
America’s premier source of strategic REEs were regulated out of business and 300 employees lost their jobs. For almost fifteen years America has been dependent on the communist Chinese cartel.
The Bawl Mill
• People in lead houses should not throw stones...
• The Anything-but-Affordable Care Act
Drywashing and Detecting for Eluvial Placer Gold Research is the Key to Success—Part II
Before heading out to work the same old ground, or blindly seeking a previously unknown gold placer area to drywash or detect, maybe you would benefit from doing a little research.
Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget—The Trilogy Ends
Our testing over the past 15 years was to confirm or deny the USGS report completed in 1978. Besides the half acre test dig, we completed many additional test digs by hand and with the backhoe.
Company Notes
• Pacific Gold
• Barrick Gold
• Wheaton River Minerals
• Goldcorp
• Kinross Gold
• Canadian Arrow Mines
A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part II
The following are situations that the modern prospector would do well to research. Some specific areas are described, but more importantly they present background into what the author feels are worthwhile and generally overlooked situations...
Gold Prospecting & Mining Summit Exceeds Expectations
Brian...had cleared off some virgin, gold-bearing bedrock areas prior to our arrival, so everyone had ample opportunity to find and take home some gold.
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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
