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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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The Fern Mine


Sharp, jagged mountains shot up around me as I slowly bumped my way, in my old Chevy pickup, up the boulder strewn mining road to the Fern Mine. The Fern Mine is situated on the west side of Archangel Creek, where several other hard rock mines once operated.

What Are Those Rocks In My Pan?


The placer mineral identification key is designed to answer this question. It attempts to recognize all the minerals in your gold pan concentrates.

Constitutional Sheriffs Standing Up for Our Rights


Modoc County, California, is the latest county to use emergency powers to declare a state of emergency in order to take control of roads and trails away from federal agencies.

Placer Testing with Large Samples


Of all the difficult gold placer sites to evaluate, none can compare with trying to dig to bedrock through twenty or thirty feet of soaked overburden through which water is slowly seeping downgrade.

Buckhorn Mountain Project May Be Revived


The long-delayed Buckhorn Mountain gold mine project has been purchased by one of North America’s largest gold producers. Kinross Gold Corp. plans to begin mining there within two years.

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Collector Reaches New Lows to Find Bottles


Not everyone would admit to digging through old outhouse pits, but George Piasecki says it's all part of the game for a bottle collector.

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