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December 2005 by Staff
Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas
Looking for nugget laden bedrock in forested mountain regions, you first need to explore the banks of the gold-bearing streams and look for the bedrock that is exposed as this is your starting point.
Melman on Gold & Silver
What a month! One day we were keeping our eyes on the turbulent, hurricane-filled skies over Florida as the seemingly endless array of powerful storms continued on, then we were watching the televised Presidential debates, and all the while we were being inundated with a relentless barrage of stories regarding crude oil, gasoline and heating oil as their prices roared ahead with a vengeance...
Gold in Arizona
We began investigating mining districts in Arizona and nearby states within the Basin and Range province. Just like I anticipated, there are many overlooked gold and copper deposits and anomalies.
International Wayside Resurrects Gold Rush in British Columbia
Gold rushes are the stuff of legends. Who can read Jack London’s stories of the Klondike or hear the fabulous tales of the California Gold Rush of 1849 without their heart beating just a bit faster? But there was also a third gold rush, just as dynamic...
Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
Any ore grading 32% silver would contain more than 9,000 ounces of silver per ton and be valued at something in the range of $150,000 per ton. Even a few tons of this type of material would be well worth shipping off to a smelter for treatment.
Heavy Sands Mining
Lately my mind has been involved with group 4 of the transition elements, namely titanium, zirconium, and hafnium. They all have similar chemical properties. Of greatest interest to economic geologists and miners is that these valuable elements often occur together in sands.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Unquestionably, it was the other side of the Atlantic Ocean—that is the European side—that provided virtually all the political, economic and social fireworks during the past month.
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The Bawl Mill
• Pombo Bill to Provide Some Relief for Miners
• Gemstones in Wyoming—Part I
• Gateway Gold and Jerritt Canyon
• The Koyukuk-Nolan Goldfields
• Miners Come Out On Top in SREP v. USFS
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
• Company Notes
• Adding Shine to Your Portfolio
• Picks & Pans: Nuggetshooting Around Cactus
• Tales of California Gold Discoveries 4th in a Series—Pay Attention When You Dig
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