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The Oretron
November 2000 by Charles L. Butler
Most ore bodies generate a voltage, giving the prospector another valuable method of tracing and locating these hidden minerals. With the Oretron, one can sense and measure these voltages along the ground surface...Additional articles that might interest you...
Ask the Experts
March 2014
Gold in Minnesota?
Gold in Minnesota?
A Gold Mine on a Washington Beach?
February 2012
Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that beach sands can contain small bits of precious metals, Bela decided a few years ago to build a sand sucking contraption that can sift the shoreline for anything worth keeping.
Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that beach sands can contain small bits of precious metals, Bela decided a few years ago to build a sand sucking contraption that can sift the shoreline for anything worth keeping.
Exploration Drilling
June 1999
Selected excerpt from USDA Forest Service Technical Report:
Anatomy of a Mine from Prospect to Production
Selected excerpt from USDA Forest Service Technical Report:
Anatomy of a Mine from Prospect to Production
Lightning Creek, British Columbia
September 2000
Lightning Creek is one of the famous placer gold streams in the Cariboo district of east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is 445 miles, by highway, north of Vancouver, some 50 miles east of the town of Quesnel (pop. 8,500).
Lightning Creek is one of the famous placer gold streams in the Cariboo district of east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is 445 miles, by highway, north of Vancouver, some 50 miles east of the town of Quesnel (pop. 8,500).
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2002
• Pacific Legal Foundation files suit to de-list Klamath salmon
• Draft EIS on Suction Dredging in the Siskiyou National Forest
• More Siskiyou National Forest news
• District Court rules in favor of Nicolet Minerals
• State Supreme Court backs mining company
• Pacific Legal Foundation files suit to de-list Klamath salmon
• Draft EIS on Suction Dredging in the Siskiyou National Forest
• More Siskiyou National Forest news
• District Court rules in favor of Nicolet Minerals
• State Supreme Court backs mining company
Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?
November 2011
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
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