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Winnemucca Rising While Other Towns Falter
September 2008 by Associated Press
Winnemucca has something almost every other place in Nevada wishes it had: jobs and relative prosperity.Nine Pound Nugget Found In Northern California!
A recent discovery in Northern California has proven once again that there is still good gold to be found if you do your homework.
Detecting Old Pocket Diggings
Looking around, I could tell that this was an old hand-digging. As I walked around the perimeter of the digging I could see shovel and pick marks scratched on the clean, hard clay and bedrock.
Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Sixteen to One Mine
Manslaughter charges against the Original Sixteen to One Mine, company president Mike Miller, and manager Jonathan Farrell, were dismissed by Judge Stanley Young Jr. in Downieville, California.
Gold: Is It Everywhere?
Gold, on the other hand, is super rare, and is one of the rarest elements in the earth’s crust. It averages only 0.000004 percent of the earth’s surface. That is four parts in a billion.
Pocket Mining Potential in Nevada's East Humboldt Range
Since the cycle of water flow is dominated by excessive and sudden “gulley washers” after downpours typical of desert country, there is a tendency to spread gold values out in the alluvial fans and not have placer gold concentrations more typical of big river deposits.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Respect the Angle of Repose
If you have done any hiking in rough terrain you are well aware that going down a slope is much more difficult and dangerous than climbing it.
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