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When Gold Moves, Placers Form
July 2010 by Chris Ralph
What it takes to move gold is turbulent, fast-moving water. Normally the water is heavy with clay and all sorts of sentiments that have been ripped up from the bed of the river or carried down from the tributaries above.
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Is there a reasonable and cost effective way to separate out the values?
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Over the Divide—Robert Michael “Mike” Corbley
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Mike was...featured on our November 2013 cover after he achieved his dream of recovering several huge nuggets...
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