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Prospecting & Detecting

Old Water Channels Provide Important Clues

May 2022 by Ray Mills

After washing the top sixty to ninety feet of gravel, the old- timers hit the bedrock. The bedrock paid one-eighth to one-half of an ounce to the square foot…

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