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The Willow Creek-Hatcher Pass Alaskan Goldfields
May 2006 by Ron Wendt

Sampling, Hydro-Shocking & Cleaning Quartz-Gold Specimens
Many specimens have a small amount of gold and are not pretty to look at. There is a nifty way to give them a makeover and make them much prettier than they were when you found them.
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Sampling and mining a historic mining claim
Green Valley Gold District, Payson, Arizona

Sunshine Mine Video Brings Back Painful Memories
When a federal employee decided to make a safety video for miners, she didn’t expect to reopen 30-year-old wounds from one of the nation’s worst mining disasters. But a roomful of tough men had watery eyes as they watched the film “You Are My Sunshine,” which recounted the Sunshine Mine disaster of 1972 that claimed 91 lives.
Melman on Gold & Silver

The Gold, Silver and Base Metal Mines of Eureka, Nevada

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