Shortcuts That Will Sink Your Placer Mine
Developing a successful placer mine is hard. Really hard. The failure rate for rookie miners is well over 60%. At face value it seems…
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How to Lose Your Shirt in Placer Mining
What makes placer mining unique is that you have control over your own destiny. The barriers to entry are low and a small group…
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Top 10 Drone News Stories in 2015
1. Hobby drones fly onto regulators’ radar In 2015 the number of drone related incidents sky rocketed. Most of the big news stories of this…
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6 Misconceptions About Drones in 2015
#1 Not all remote controlled aircraft are drones The rise in popularity of consumer drones has led to a considerable amount of confusion. The…
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Top Ten Gold Rushes of BC – Part 2
In part one of the top ten gold rushes of BC we covered the early gold rushes primarily in the Southern regions. As time…
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Top Ten Gold Rushes of BC – Part 1
Prior to the gold rushes in BC this part of the country remained almost entirely unexplored. The Clovis people and their descendants the North…
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7 Common Mistakes Made by New Placer Miners
Placer mining is an exciting activity. It brings us out into the wilderness often to the road less traveled. There is a certain charm…
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