Mining, Quarrying & Prospecting

This describes the practices of mining, quarrying & prospecting.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Environmental Consequences of Buying or Selling a Gold Mining Claim

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The  environmental consequences  of buying or selling a gold claim is basically the same as they are for any other piece of commercial prope...
Friday, December 31, 2010

How to Build a Simple Magnetometer for finding Magnetic Minerals

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The earth is nothing more then a giant magnet  as attested by its magnetic poles that attract a magnetic needle to magnetic North and South....
Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Job of the Mining Engineer through History

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According to the experts a mining engineer follows a discipline involving several different facets all of which involve one facet or anothe...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The uses of Pumps in Mines

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A pump is a mechanical device used for transferring fluid from one point to another. There are several different varieties of pumps that are...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Hunting for "ET" to turn a Profit

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Hunting for ET: Several years ago Steven Spielberg produced a movie that’s title was “ET” in the movie the ET was an extraterrestrial being...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Mineral exploration in the state of Maine

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This is what I was looking for, native copper. Of all the New England states Maine probably has the most active mineral exploration ...
Friday, December 17, 2010

How to spoof ANFO into having a Higher Detonation Velocity for Blasting

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It is a well known fact that in blasting the best rock breakage occurs when the detonation velocity (DV) of the explosive matches the speed...
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I am a graduate geologist with a background in environmental affairs and prospecting. I currently operate a school for prospectors in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. This is the first school for prospectors south of the Province of Quebec, Canada!!!
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