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The Bawl Mill
November 2000 by Staff
• Gore honored with award ...Reinventing the Wheel—The Infinity-Jet
To all the miners who read the article, “New Life for the Suction Dredge,” printed in the December 2003 issue of ICMJ, I have an amusing update for you. I periodically go through my old back issues and I found the December 1981 issue very interesting.
Over The Divide—Chuck Cox, 1943-2009
We were saddened to learn that Chuck Cox, a long-time prospector and tireless organizer for the Washington Prospectors Mining Association, passed away...
Gold in the First Pan
Leon has a reputation of seeing more snakes than most other gold miners. The fire red and yellow concentric rings of the mountain king snake looked especially bright in the morning sun as it lay motionless on black rock. Leon touched it with a stick, but the cold snake moved only a little.
Company Notes
• Wheaton River Minerals
• Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.
• Iamgold Corp.
• Golden Star Resources
• China Minmetals Corp.
• Noranda Inc.
• Golden Eagle International, Inc.
• Clifton Mining Company
• Nord Resources Corp.
Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
Any ore grading 32% silver would contain more than 9,000 ounces of silver per ton and be valued at something in the range of $150,000 per ton. Even a few tons of this type of material would be well worth shipping off to a smelter for treatment.
Using Sucker Guns to Find Gold
...if you have a good, rich spot, hand-operated systems can produce some decent gold.
Miners Come Out On Top in SREP v. USFS
It’s been over 2½ years since the Siskiyou Regional Education Project (SREP) filed suit in US District Court against the Siskiyou National Forest (SNF).
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• Picks & Pans—The Green Rock, Rattlesnakes, Good Gold and Ruth's Mine
• The Oretron
• Silver Hill, North Carolina
• Residual, Lateritic and Gossan "Soils" as Potential Nuggetshooting Sites
• Hardrock in Downieville
• Looking Back
• Company Notes
• Gold in Northern Baja California
• California State Gold Panning Championship Results
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• V.P. Contender Addresses Mining Show
