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Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle
August 2007 by Bill Rich
This is a story of a bit of our earth, carved by lines of longitude and latitude. There is a deep mystery in this land. The naked mountains speak of long ages of thrusting and rifting—of uplift and erosion. These riddles in the rock defy explanation.
1st Annual Placer County Open Gold Panning Championships—1999
Before it was over, 200 buckets of gravel and gold were swished and swirled in competition to determine who was the best gold panner in the County.
Gold Hits $1,000! What the Gold Price Is Telling Us
For twenty years, between 1980 and 2000, the price of gold was rarely mentioned. There was little interest, and the price was either falling or remaining steady. Since 2001, however, interest in gold has soared along with its price.
Small Miner Beats Forest Service in Court
Thomas Tierney has been a long-time subscriber to ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal and has read about the many battles between miners and overzealous regulators. Then he faced his own battle.
Another Successful Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit
May 2016Chad Lewis of Sacramento got into a good bedrock seam on Monday and was pulling out small chunks of bedrock with embedded gold from he lower pit. Mark Dayton of El Dorado was about ten yards away on the same line, but his spot had some visible quartz mixed in.
Company Notes
• Couer Alaska
• Formation Capital
• Revett Minerals
• Pathfinder Resources
• Commander Resources
The Bawl Mill
• Beyond the call of duty
• May the best spouse win
• Dishonorable discharge
The Risks of Mining Overseas
Zimbabwe is the latest country to threaten seizure of foreign-owned mining projects.
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask the Experts
• The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide
• Will California Dredging Survive?
• Prospecting For Gold—The Osborne/Herman Hardrock Mine
• From Spanish Mine to Modern-Day Exploration: The Historic Gold-Silver Camp of Palmarejo
• Spanish Police Seize Ship in Treasure Fight
• Looking Back
• Gold Mine Proposed in Jefferson County
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
