Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Want to Start Freelance Writing for Pleasure or Profit, Strategy

http://randomcreative.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Start-Become-a-Freelance-Writer-Get-Started-Writing

Practical, actionable advice for those who are interested in freelance writing. One of the first things to read to get you started.


Five Spots to Get Your Gold and Gems on Vacation


http://top5.hubpages.com/hub/Top-5-Strike-It-Rich-Vacation-Spots-Places-Youll-Really-Dig

Learn about the best places to dig for gold or gems. This site affords you 5 places to enjoy prospecting while you travel. Well worth the read.
http://top5.hubpages.com/hub/Top-5-Strike-It-Rich-Vacation-Spots-Places-Youll-Really-Dig

Friday, December 19, 2014

Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona Crevicing Gold

I went to a club claim this week to get some fresh air. It is one of my favorite claims up in Yavapai County, Arizona.
Have included some photos. My crevicing yielded some placer, not much, but any is good to me. I enjoyed the day with my wife. It is a super place. The Bradshaw Mountains have many old mines and a lot of what flows down the canyon washes comes from them. My claim gets a bit from Crown King, especially after a hard rain, which is what happened a week before. Anyway, here are some photos.

"livescience" Reveals New Data on Gold Deposit Formation



Here is an interesting scientific study showing the time it can take to form gold.  A gold deposit named Ladolam on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea is the site of an interesting finding. Out of a valcano in rising hot water, a gold deposit was formed in 55,000 years. That is, ONLY 55,000 years! Since the planet Earth is billions of years old, 55,000 years is but a drop in the bucket. Check this out for more information about gold formation, sampling, total mieable gold in Ladolam, and how technology there leads to green solutions.
http://www.livescience.com/1092-hot-study-gold-forms-fast.html

Monday, November 24, 2014

A Collection of My Articles (30 in total) About the Basics Gold Prospecting - Prospector John

































Tuesday, November 18, 2014

MINES AND GEOLOGY GORDON K. VAN VLECK, Secretary THE RESOURCES AGENCY GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Governor STATE OF CALIFORNIA DON L. BLUBAUGH, Director DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION PLACER GOLD RECOVERY METHODS

Would you like to read about sluices, shaker tables, retorts, and trommels, and more? Here is a PDF with information from special publication 87 of the 1986 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY by By Michael Silva. http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/Documents/SP87.pdf  This was originally a 31 page PDF chock full of interesting information. Included are 21 black and white photos. The diagrams are good, the concepts are even better. FYI.



Saturday, October 18, 2014

Gold Prospecting Tips from the Pros and All Are Free



Would you like 34 free tips on gold prospecting? At http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/resuhiandti.html you will find reader submitted prospecting tips that are very helpful. these tips have been submitted by folks who are involved in the hobby. They range from ways to build your own tools, ways to improve on common methods of building, ways to improve the ease of traveling with equipment, and cleaning techniques. I highly recommend this section.


It is the Argument of the Times - Gold or Bitcoin? This Article May Help Your Dilemma

During the past decade, gold has an inflation adjusted return of 30%. On an annual basis that's a measly 2%. Then there's Bitcoin. W...