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Turning Waste Rock Into Profit
February 2008 by Associated Press
When others saw piles of waste rock at the former LTV Steel Mining property, Brad Gerlach saw opportunity.Additional articles that might interest you...
Picks & Pans: The Professional Nuggetshooter
September 2002
I recently returned from a nugget-shooting trip somewhere in the extensive Basin Range of Nevada. While there, I happened to meet “Young Fella,” a professional nuggetshooter.
I recently returned from a nugget-shooting trip somewhere in the extensive Basin Range of Nevada. While there, I happened to meet “Young Fella,” a professional nuggetshooter.
North Korea Seeks Outside Help to Modernize Mining
March 2002
Eager to earn hard currency, isolated North Korea is trying to modernize its decrepit mining industry with foreign help.
Eager to earn hard currency, isolated North Korea is trying to modernize its decrepit mining industry with foreign help.
Prospecting for Iron in Alaska
July 2003
The solo prospector in his canvas field clothes and skin-thick skiff is still king of the rain forest in southeastern Alaska. Even with all the highly trained field people and their helicopters, it is he who ventures forth across ocean water and in the bush to search for new wealth hidden beneath the green carpet of the vast Tongass Forest.
The solo prospector in his canvas field clothes and skin-thick skiff is still king of the rain forest in southeastern Alaska. Even with all the highly trained field people and their helicopters, it is he who ventures forth across ocean water and in the bush to search for new wealth hidden beneath the green carpet of the vast Tongass Forest.
A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
June 2003
The diverse minerals, salts, and moisture, plus any halo effect, and old-timer trash, especially decomposing iron artifacts, are often found in any dry placer gold field and can really mask the “penetration powers” of a detector.
The diverse minerals, salts, and moisture, plus any halo effect, and old-timer trash, especially decomposing iron artifacts, are often found in any dry placer gold field and can really mask the “penetration powers” of a detector.
Winnemucca Rising While Other Towns Falter
September 2008
Winnemucca has something almost every other place in Nevada wishes it had: jobs and relative prosperity.
Winnemucca has something almost every other place in Nevada wishes it had: jobs and relative prosperity.
Mining Industry Worried about Democrat-Controlled Congress
January 2007
The new Democrat-controlled Congress will be largely hostile to the US mining industry on everything from taxes to environmental regulation, a top industry lobbyist warned.
The new Democrat-controlled Congress will be largely hostile to the US mining industry on everything from taxes to environmental regulation, a top industry lobbyist warned.
The Bawl Mill
January 2000
• Australians know how to do a fundraiser
• She shared a toothbrush but...
• This IRS employee will share her winnings—with the IRS!...
• A diamond is forever (almost)...
• Australians know how to do a fundraiser
• She shared a toothbrush but...
• This IRS employee will share her winnings—with the IRS!...
• A diamond is forever (almost)...
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