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Mining claimants who wish to retain their mining claims on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands through the 2021 assessment year must pay a maintenance fee or file a maintenance fee waiver certificate on or before September 1…

What are they? They are too hard to be lead, and are not tarnished like silver should be.

For the prospector, knowing what oxidized hydrothermal alteration looks like in the field is an important exploration tool.

…as an academic argument, when mated to the appropriate engine, is the pump really moving water at the rate of 400 GPM?

…the process remains much the same: Drill holes, load explosives, close up the holes, blast and muck out the resulting broken rock.

The ultimate resolution of this apparent contradiction between fundamental news and market performance could provide us with important future clues for gold and silver.

• Crackdown on China continues

• US Supreme Court declines to hear dredging controversy
• Why Senate Bill S3422 is bad for America
• Comment deadline extended for new California dredging regulations

Micro blasting can be used to take down hanging rock, separate minerals from overburden, and collect gemstones and other high-value product with minimal damage.

…early last fall, I found my first gold-rich patch along a few crevices in the same river and found five grams of gold nuggets in one outing.

Many suggestions had some pieces or parts that would work some of the time, but Dredger Dan’s suggestion was, in my humble opinion, the cleanest, cleverest, and most dependable.

…being sneaky, I filled in the hole, and buried therein some trash items that I had previously found, just to discourage any other detectorist that might come along.

Want to find a lot more gold when you get out there to prospect? Well I’ve put together ten ideas that I think will help you become more successful…

Polymetallic skarn deposits are an interesting class of deposits that can contain a number of different types of metals.

We’ve built up some contacts in DC during our trips there over the past four years, and we believe we finally have the correct contacts who can get this petition reviewed by the proper people.