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April 2016 by Chris Ralph
• Should I focus efforts on this particular rock type?Ask The Experts
Estimating the gold content of ores with gold, quartz and other minerals?
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Questions regarding patented and unpatented mining claims and the legal rights surrounding them.
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Setting up a gravity dredge
The Portable XRF Gun
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.
Ask The Experts: Should I take my claim access problems to the Desert Advisory Council?
Q: The nearest access to the claim is a half mile walk, which is tough for a lode claim.
Ask The Experts: “Energy” coming from black sand?
Q: I have a question/request regarding some black sand left from my Dad’s prospecting days.
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Dry Washer, Wet System or Metal Detector?
• Multiple Use Lands, Symbiotic Relations and Conflict Resolution
• Enrichment of Mineral Deposits by Weathering—Part II
• Vendors Announced for Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit
• The Tombstone Silver-Lead District, Arizona
• Sold: 87-Ounce Nugget
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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How to Stake Your Own Mining Claims—Part II
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