Gold mining has changed significantly since the early days of the gold rush. While some of the basic techniques and equipment remain the same, advances in technology and mining practices have made it easier and more efficient to extract gold from the ground. Prospecting or Mining? Remember that there is a big difference […]
Gold is one of the rarest elements on the planet. Only a tiny percentage of ground has any significant quantity of gold. I suppose that is the reason it is currently valued around $1500 per ounce! If you like to metal detect for gold nuggets like I generally do, then we are talking about an […]
The key to success if finding the balance between high recovery rates while still managing to process lots of gravel. Do both of those things, and you can expect to finish up with a good amount of gold at the end of the day. Rich Ground in Nice… Just Don’t Expect it Under Every […]
Sometimes miners can be a pessimistic bunch. I will acknowledge that some of it is warranted… you won’t get any argument from me that its harder to be a miner today than it was in decades past. More restrictions and regulations are frustrating, no doubt about it. And more generally, it seems like the general […]
Over the years I’ve had more than a few people express an interest in being a gold miner for a living. They were generally asking my advice on how to make it happen. A person can certainly get an education in mining and work for a large mining company, but these folks are more interested […]
This mining method, also known as the deep sea mining, is done in the bedrock of an ocean and is one of the latest methods in mining which involves excavation of minerals at the seabed. Ocean floor mining has been considered for years, but only in the past few decades has it really been considered […]
No matter how many times you say it, there will be people that have a hard time believing that the old-timers didn’t find it all. Now don’t get me wrong. The first miners that searched the mountains and streams of the American West found most of the “easy” gold. If they found a rich, payable […]
It took me 2 years to find my first gold nugget. That might seem crazy to most people, but most prospectors know just how elusive those little buggers can be. Now I had certainly found gold before. Growing up just a short distance from a well-known mining town in Idaho, it wasn’t too tough to […]
Without stamp mills there would have been no way to recover gold from the hard rock mines. A stamp is a metal that is moved up and down by a battering arm, pulverizing ores that are fed into it. They were mechanically operated machines that were used to crush ores by pounding till they extract […]
Did you know gold has been found in nearly every state? The states with the highest gold production in the past century are mostly in the West, but there has also been a lot of gold found in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Smaller occurrences occur throughout the Midwest and Northeast too. The list below […]
There are few other hobbies where you can have fun outdoors and potentially make money at the same time. The interest in gold prospecting is as strong now as it has ever been, but it’s definitely getting harder to find the yellow stuff these days. With the right knowledge and skills there is no doubt […]
Digging a little deeper into your research will result in more gold if you implement these tips Spend much time with other gold prospectors and you will probably have someone tell you the importance of “doing your research” when it comes to gold prospecting. This is good advice, but it’s also pretty vague. And often […]
Rock crushers are machine build to break large rocks into much smaller rocks, gravel, or sometimes rock dust. They are an important tool for most commercial mining operations. Rock crushers usually hold the rocks to be crushed in between two solid surfaces and apply a force that forces the molecule of the materials to separate […]
There has been a considerable amount of tips and tricks written on this website about how to successfully find gold. Integral to success is the ability to locate gold-bearing ground, understand how to mine it efficiently, and ultimately to capture the gold. One simple, yet perhaps under-emphasized point that is worth mentioning is that the […]
One of the most efficient tools used for gold mining is the highbanker. It is a modern advancement of the simple sluice box, which has been used for centuries. Why a Highbanker? One of the first inventions for gold mining was the sluice box. The sluice box was used to filter materials so […]
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