That prospecting effort you are about to spend your time on...is it worth your effort? If you are going to devote your time to it, you will need all the facts you can get.

Q: I have a question/request regarding some black sand left from my Dad’s prospecting days.

There are a few questions you will need to ask yourself before you apply for a suction dredge permit from the State Water Resources Control Board.

• Judge orders reconsideration of “bi-state” sage grouse population in California and Nevada
• Environmental groups attempt to reinstate hard rock rule

We’ve had two trips to the deserts of Nevada and explored mines and mill sites, hiked miles of ravines in California, and swung our detector coils over thousands of square yards of bedrock.