USGS Reports Increase of Imported Minerals

September 2001 by Staff

MMAC & PLP Update

March 2016

Just prior to our press deadline, we learned that a bill had been introduced in the Idaho House of Representatives to redefine suction gold dredging as a preferred use in public waterways in Idaho.

The Giant King Mine

July 2014
Most gold-bearing veins in this region are controlled by fractures associated with the Melones Fault, a late Cretaceous structure that is 108 to 127 million years old.

Tiffany & Co. to Open Plant in Northern Canada

January 2003
Tiffany & Co. plans to open its first diamond cutting and sorting plant early this year in conjunction with its investment in a diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

Over the Divide —Ronald Richard "Ron" Wendt

December 2007
We are sad to say that one our most beloved writers, Ron Wendt, passed away on November 10, 2007.

Looking Back

May 2000
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: White Knuckle Mining

December 2019

…I was looking down on what was a frightening 500-foot sheer drop-off. We were precariously close to the edge as the shoulder was practically non-existent.

Ask the Experts

September 2014
• Using drywashers to work desert gravels

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