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Ask The Experts
March 2015 by Steve Hamilton
Q: Does gold get stuck in the crucible?Ask the Experts
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• Can I get advice on a hard rock property in Calaveras County, California?
Ask The Experts: What indicator rocks should I be looking for in northern Nevada?
Q: Can you tell us what the indicator rocks are? I’ve looked at the nearby digs and pushes that were made for gold and it looks like we’re digging on some similar material...
Ask The Experts: Is an XRF gun useful for prospecting and mineral identification?
Q: I’ve thought about renting an XRF gun with gold specific software to use for exploration this spring.
Ask The Experts—Extraction of micro gold from black sands
I know big mining companies use cyanide and other leach systems to recover gold from ore. Is this the only economically feasible way to recover the values?
Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
Ask the Experts: gold per ton; improving assay method
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
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