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Using a Winch to Work Smarter, Not Harder

It’s really a kick to watch a boulder weighing several tons moving out of your dredge hole and onto the cobble pile being pulled by a cable attached to your portable winch.

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Due to technical difficulties, the photos in the September 2004 issue of ICMJ are currently unavailable for the online version of the magazine.  Please know we are working on this and will get the photos loaded as soon as we can.  In the meantime, please enjoy the articles as usual! Thank you for your understanding!  —ICMJ

Dredging the Mokelumne


Gold mining adventures can begin in the most unusual fashion. This one started when the high water receding in May of 1999 disclosed that a tragedy had occurred somewhere upstream of Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north fork of the...

Rock and Formations of the Mother Lode Gold Belt


The faulting, folding and shearing that occurred in the Mother Lode belt has created zones of structurally weak rocks or contacts between different types of rock, which has been favorable for the deposition of gold bearing ores.

A Golden Dream Come True


We found the area where this patch of gold nuggets was located by researching several books on old mining districts. By the end of the 2006 winter we had about five different locations that we wanted to investigate.

Legislative and Regulatory Update


• Forest Service proposes next step in Agenda 21
• 9th Circuit deals blow to small miners

More Gold Recovered Off Florida Coast


Eleven treasure-laden ships that made up the 1715 Fleet were heading to Spain from Havana on July 31, 1715, when they encountered a hurricane off Florida’s central coast.

Melman on Gold & Silver (2008 Year in Review)


Melman article chart.Our December issue is when we take a look backward at the year nearing completion, and this year is no exception. When we do look backward over the past eleven months, all we can say is, “What a year this has been!” And that isn’t meant in a positive...

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