May 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 09) $3.75
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The Bawl Mill
• Can’t get no satisfaction...from the government
• Working for Uncle Sam... -
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• US District Court rules against Oregon miners
• Bill to halt sage grouse management plans introduced. -
Ask The Experts
• Any suggestions about gold panning in Oregon?
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Ask The Experts
• Can I get advice on a hard rock property in Calaveras County, California?
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Ask The Experts
• How small should I crush my hard rock ore?
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Ask The Experts
• Are these gold amounts large enough to interest a mining company?
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Think You Got It All? Guess Again!
Is your gold recovery actually 95%, 90%, or even a really poor 50%? If you are not testing to know what it really is, you just don’t know. Some do regular testing, but most do not.
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Nevada's Silver City Gold District -- Part II
...this district has had a continuous life of gold mining and milling that spans 150 plus years, and it appears that it will keep pressing on for many more years of production.
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MMAC & PLP Update
PLP had been attempting to raise funds to hire a lobbyist. The excessive cost made it prohibitive, so Clark and Joe packed up their bags and headed off to make this trip themselves.
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Hard Rock Prospecting With Rusty
As we talked, Rusty stopped, backed up, bent down and began chipping at some rock in the road. He said he suspected there was a stringer right here that crossed the road.
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Another Successful Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit
Chad Lewis of Sacramento got into a good bedrock seam on Monday and was pulling out small chunks of bedrock with embedded gold from he lower pit. Mark Dayton of El Dorado was about ten yards away on the same line, but his spot had some visible quartz mixed in.
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Drywashing in Black Canyon, Arizona
After the hike and a quick snack break we gathered a few buckets of material to really dial in the drywasher for the most efficient recovery. This involves leveling the unit, setting the riffle box drop angle and regulating the speed in which the material is processed.
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Progress Continues in Honduras
He had meetings with Honduran officials at all levels, set up a new corporation called Raptor Mining in El Corpus, Honduras, and is in the process of establishing a non-profit called “Step Up for Honduras.”
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Melman on Gold & Silver
In terms of gold and silver, if this mountain of unbacked debt, now reaching several trillions of dollars, Euros, Yen or other currencies begins to truly collapse into an inflationary spiral, we will witness the onset of the mother of all precious metals bull markets.