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Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

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Welcome to Nothing


…a small part of Buddy‘s business was the half-dozen or so “miners” down the bad, single-lane road behind Nothing. I was told that there was more partying and drinking than mining at these claims, though.

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Due to technical difficulties, the online version of the February 2003 issue of ICMJ is currently unavailable.  Please know we are working on this and will get the February issue uploaded as soon as possible.  In the meantime, please enjoy the other issues of 2003!  Thank you for your understanding!  ICMJ

Melman on Gold & Silver


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…

Lighting the Way Underground 1860-1940s


Man has toiled for thousands of years underground to unlock the treasures that Mother Earth has buried just beyond view. A source of light was of the utmost importance to the miner and many developments evolved through the passage of time.

Special Suction Dredge Permits in Jeopardy


As we go to press, Horseshoe Bar Action & Research, a division of the Gold Country Miners small-scale mining club, brought to ICMJ's attention a potentially very significant problem for gold dredgers in California.

Electrum: Gold and Silver Together


...if you are out prospecting and find something that looks very much like a nugget but has an odd greenish-gray cast to it, don’t be too quick to simply toss it aside as junk.

The Bawl Mill


• Less pork but more fat...
• It all flows downstream...
• Promises, promises...

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