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Hoosiers go looking for gold

Gold in Indiana? Yes, but don't bank on it

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100729/LOCAL/7290391/Hoosiers-go-looking-for-gold

Gold fervor

Competing interests clash in the new gold market

http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=128034551905518800

Desert treasure: Boom times in the Rand District

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_15606743

The new gold diggers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/7879270/The-new-gold-diggers.html

Gold in Lapland

http://www.prfire.co.uk/press-release/gold-panning-in-lapland-20927.html

Prospectors dredge the Wenatchee for gold

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jul/19/Prospectors-dredge-the-Wenatchee-for-gold/

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Gosh... Terry... ol' jim straight here. Your gold prospecting article regarding boom

times in the Rand by Mark Landis is a win-win. For those who read the article and wish

more regarding serious information about nuggethunting within the broad mining district

Rob Allison and Chris Golson carry copies of my book: "Three Hours to Gold from Southern

California."

As a Geologist (Mackay 1954, old school)and actvely drywashing and nuuggethunting

within the Rand Mountain/El Paso Range/Summit Range/ since 1962, I just published the

above book. it is over 115 pages and continues the original theme of the hundreds of

early short-lived drywashing camps that sprang up in the broad district beginning

in 1894, but mostly failed due to the lack of water before the hardrock gold was

found. Many placers were small and discontinuous; scattered in the gulches, gullies,

slopes and hillsides... too lean to be worked by primitive drywashers... but now can

be worked with metal detectors.

With the souring value of both gold and silver during the 1980's there began many small

scale attempts to drywash, even dredge the old workings throughout the greater district.

Now with gold at about $1200/troy, metal detecting for eolian and eluvial placer

while using VLF- and PI-type detectors in the greater outlying district is becoming

more popular. As some of you may know, in 1977 Tye Paulson found a large nugget of

about 14- pounds. The Mohave Queen. It was likely found in the El Paso range where a

Tertiary channel daylights...

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Great post and observations Jim! I treasure all of your books, and still refer to them regularly! Cheers! - Terry

Gosh... Terry... ol' jim straight here. Your gold prospecting article regarding boom

times in the Rand by Mark Landis is a win-win. For those who read the article and wish

more regarding serious information about nuggethunting within the broad mining district

Rob Allison and Chris Golson carry copies of my book: "Three Hours to Gold from Southern

California."

As a Geologist (Mackay 1954, old school)and actvely drywashing and nuuggethunting

within the Rand Mountain/El Paso Range/Summit Range/ since 1962, I just published the

above book. it is over 115 pages and continues the original theme of the hundreds of

early short-lived drywashing camps that sprang up in the broad district beginning

in 1894, but mostly failed due to the lack of water before the hardrock gold was

found. Many placers were small and discontinuous; scattered in the gulches, gullies,

slopes and hillsides... too lean to be worked by primitive drywashers... but now can

be worked with metal detectors.

With the souring value of both gold and silver during the 1980's there began many small

scale attempts to drywash, even dredge the old workings throughout the greater district.

Now with gold at about $1200/troy, metal detecting for eolian and eluvial placer

while using VLF- and PI-type detectors in the greater outlying district is becoming

more popular. As some of you may know, in 1977 Tye Paulson found a large nugget of

about 14- pounds. The Mohave Queen. It was likely found in the El Paso range where a

Tertiary channel daylights...

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