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WANTED: Mining Poets, Singers & Storytellers
October 1999 by Staff
The hard-learned lessons, humor, tragedies and issues of work in mining have long been the subject of poetry, stories, songs and visual art by mineworkers and their families.Delamar District, Nevada
The Delamar (Ferguson) mining district is located in Lincoln County, Nevada, some 29 miles by road, southwest of Caliente. The district is on the west side of the Delamar Mountains at elevations between 5,900 and 6,600 feet.
Prospecting With a Detector: Lessons Learned
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.
Melman on Gold & Silver
As many long time readers know, one of my favorite sayings is the Asian expression, "May you live in interesting times." We sure do and if you didn't believe it before, just consider the latest word from the international markets.
The Final Gold Strike of the Alaska Gold Rush—Livengood Stampede, 1914
The Livengood (pronounced with a long “i” as in alive) gold stampede was the last of the great Alaska Gold Rush. The string of gold rushes began in 1886 with the Fortymile gold strike, and ten years later with the large Yukon Klondike goldfields discovery.
Gold
Excerpted from the U.S. Geological Survey's 1998 Annual Review by Earle B. Amey, Gold Commodity Specialist.
The Bawl Mill
- Getting back to nature...
- When tin is more valuable than gold
Ask The Experts—What minerals are magnetic? Can rare earth magnets capture platinum?
What minerals are magnetic? I have heard that super magnets (rare earth magnets) can capture platinum. True?
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