What? How? When? Where?
Ask the Experts: VMS ore
August 2012
Q: Are there any mills that handle VMS ore?
Q: Are there any mills that handle VMS ore?
Ask the Experts: various mining courses
August 2012
Q: What classes should one take if planning on majoring in mining engineering or geology?
Q: What classes should one take if planning on majoring in mining engineering or geology?
Ask the Experts: Ionizing mercury
May 2012
Q: What exactly does "ionizing" mercury mean?
Q: What exactly does "ionizing" mercury mean?
Ask the Experts: gold per ton; improving assay method
May 2012
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
Ask the Experts
April 2012
Q: Can a voltmeter be used to determine the type of metal/mineral present in soil?
Q: Can a voltmeter be used to determine the type of metal/mineral present in soil?
Ask the Experts
April 2012
Q: Graphite spray to prevent sticking when using cast iron molds
Q: Graphite spray to prevent sticking when using cast iron molds
Ask the Experts
April 2012
Q: ...where would you recommend selling class rings and other scrap gold?
Q: ...where would you recommend selling class rings and other scrap gold?
Ask the Experts: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
March 2012
Q: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
Q: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
Ask the Experts: Who manufactures the diagonal vibrating table?
March 2012
Q: Who manufactures the diagonal vibrating table?
Q: Who manufactures the diagonal vibrating table?
Ask the Experts: Do "corners" need to be in place on the ground for a claim to be valid?
March 2012
Q: Do "corners" need to be in place on the ground for a claim to be valid?
Q: Do "corners" need to be in place on the ground for a claim to be valid?
Ask the Experts: Tantalite in an African nation -- is it worth pursuing?
March 2012
Q: Tantalite in an African nation -- is it worth pursuing?
Q: Tantalite in an African nation -- is it worth pursuing?
Ask the Experts - Old workings & tailings: What are my options?
February 2012
Q: ...It’s a 2,000-acre property that was mined 100 years ago, still has the old workings, tailings, etc. I am looking to recover gold from the old waste/tailings... plus possibly strip mine some of it. What are my options?
Q: ...It’s a 2,000-acre property that was mined 100 years ago, still has the old workings, tailings, etc. I am looking to recover gold from the old waste/tailings... plus possibly strip mine some of it. What are my options?
Ask the Experts - ...Worth further investigation?
February 2012
Q: About 158,000 tons of ore is estimated to remain on the property. Worth further investigation?
Q: About 158,000 tons of ore is estimated to remain on the property. Worth further investigation?
Ask the Experts - Processing sulfide ore without mercury or cyanide.
February 2012
Q: ...Is there any way to process the ore without using mercury or cyanides...?
Q: ...Is there any way to process the ore without using mercury or cyanides...?
Ask the Experts—Looking up mining claims on the Internet
December 2011
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?
Q: Is there an Internet source ... that one can access to review which claims and at which location are the claims that BLM administrators close each year?
Ask the Experts—How do you determine how far a piece of gold has traveled in a stream?
December 2011
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?
Ask The Experts—Inconsistent fire assays
November 2011
Q: ...He consistently comes up with values much higher on the same ore samples.
Q: ...He consistently comes up with values much higher on the same ore samples.
