Gold Dredging In The United States When the gold dredge was first created to mine placer gold from rivers and streams it was a multi-story piece of heavy equipment that took several people to operate effectively. Gold dredges today are much smaller and more manageable – and some dredges can even be worn as a […]
Gold – A Simple Metal Gold is a simple metal that’s anything but simple. Gold, held deep inside the earth over the centuries, has the ability to draw out the latent desire of mankind. Prospectors dig through dirt and stone to track down this elusive mistress. Others simply buy gold for the ones they love […]
Legality Of Gold Gold is one of the most valuable resources on earth, therefore any transaction of gold must be done with the most legal precision possible. Knowledge of how to establish a gold claim is essential for any up and coming prospector. If you do not establish a gold claim properly, other prospectors can […]
Gold Deposits In The United States Gold is found in two basic forms in the US, placer gold and lode gold. Lode gold is embedded in hard rock ore and must be mined with shovels, pick axes, jackhammers, and the like from open pit mines or mine shafts. Placer gold is residual gold flakes or […]
Mining Moratorium Bill Would Kill Oregon’s Gold Mining Industry Critics say it offers little environmental protection June 24, 2013 by Benjamin Nanke The future of mining in Oregon is at risk with the introduction of Senate Bill 838, which would declare a four year moratorium on suction dredge mining in Oregon’s riverbeds. The purpose of […]
The Modern Gold Rush In the late 1840s and early 1850s you would be hard pressed to find anyone that didn’t have a friend or family member that had packed up and moved west to California in search of gold. And though California is still a golden hot-spot in the United States, it is no […]
Gold Panning In The United States American history is full of prospectors who moved out west to strike it rich with nothing more than a nice river and a pan to sift through the sand. You can also find the legends of thousands of men and women who really did make a mint by panning […]
This is an update to what AMRA is currently working on. Our nearly two year process of getting this business up and running is now coming to fruition. We are actively forming alliances with other organizations, groups, associations and gold clubs. We are all fighting for the same thing, and that is to keep […]
Turn A Profit By Using A Gold Dredge “There’s gold in dem’ there hills!” That one statement has led many men to fortune. But, quite often, the fortune was not in the hills, but in the creeks and rivers running down them. By grabbing a pan, and diving in many people have found riches, but […]