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He made some casual conversation until he got around to what really brought him into my camper.

Excited for this first notable evidence, I returned to that riverbed, looking for another paystreak and obviously more jade.

Along with others named earlier, it is difficult to find any designated nominee seemingly willing to work well with either conservatives or Republicans or Trump loyalists, a fact which seems to suggest a continuing high level of tensions…

• Doing hard time, making easy money
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What about all that noise coming from the ground? What is a prospector supposed to do about that?

One of the issues that prospectors run into when working to upscale from micro-scale hard rock testing to a greater production output, is that they often confuse individual devices or machines with systems.

• Biden’s incoming administration has green agenda
• Habitat definition finalized

People always ask me what is so important about locating contact zones. The answer to that: Gold.

PLP is also looking toward meeting with the incoming chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and it appears it will be Senator Barrasso (R-Wyoming).

At first we decided to see what the flat by our camp would produce where the old-timers had worked it with their Pelton wheel and dragline buckets.

Since we’ve already covered the basics of permitting a “Notice Level” mining operation, it’s time to talk actual mining.

Selecting the wrong coil can potentially cause you to miss nuggets, so you want to be sure to select the best option for the situation at hand.

The proposed mine would be built on state-owned land in the Bristol Bay region, near the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon fishery.