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Mystery of Olmec Jade Solved
July 2002 by Associated Press
Since the 18th century, collectors, geologists and archaeologists have sought the answer to a frustrating mystery: The ancient Olmecs fashioned statues out of striking blue-green jade, but the stone itself was nowhere to be found in the Americas.Our Readers Say
A Model Mining Operation
After he excavates the ore down to bedrock, he goes over the bedrock with a metal detector to ensure he didn't leave any gold behind before he backfills the area.
Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget
On the high desert of Wyoming, the Dickie Springs/Oregon Gulch gold deposit has been known about for over 143 years. Since 1863, early settlers who crossed the continental divide worked and studied this deposit. Reports suggest...
Bedrock Nugget Hunting: Tools of the Trade
As a guide to those who are thinking of taking up this activity or those who currently practice this trade, I have created a listing of the primary tools and equipment I use when nugget hunting.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Suction dredging update for California
• The anti-mining Congress
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• Our Readers Say
• Siskiyou National Forest Update
• Company Looks at Restarting Sunshine Mine
• Piedmont Gold
• Gold & The Dollar
• Picks & Pans: Exploring Wyoming's High Desert
• Sons of Gwalia & Herbert Hoover
• Looking Back
• Prospecting on the Yukon River
• Placer Gold in Arizona
• The Fire Assay of Fly Eyes
• Bill Could Create New Silver Market
• 2002 Inductees to the National Mining Hall of Fame
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
