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Greed, murder and eyeless goldfish: This is one of Tahoes oldest myths FacebookTwitterEmail A photograph of Lake Tahoe from 1903.Universal History Archive/Getty In 1910, a scandalous story of greed and murder in Lake Tahoe was published in multiple newspapers across the country. The article looked back 20 years prior, when three miners in Virginia City discovered a corpse at the bottom of a deep mining shaft, built during the Comstock Lode. According to the writer, the body — unrecognizable �...

Tonogold Resources Inc. Corporate Update LA JOLLA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 2, 2021 / TONOGOLD RESOURCES, INC. (OTC PINK:TNGL) ("Tonogold," "us," "our," "we," or "the Company") advises of the following: Since our November 17, 2020 update, we have pushed forward the early stages of our $7 million drill exploration program aimed at proving the existence of significant gold and silver mineralization in the Comstock District located in the vicinity of Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada, approxi...

Tonogold Resources Inc.: Tonogold Drilling Update LA JOLLA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 2, 2021 / Since Tonogolds Nov. 17, 2020 update, it has pushed forward the early stages of its $7 million drill exploration program aimed at proving the existence of significant gold and silver mineralization in the Comstock District located in the vicinity of Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Reno. Tonogold recently secured 100% control of 3 kilometers of the Comst...

Press release content from Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Tonogold Drilling Update LA JOLLA, Calif. - February 2, 2021 - ( Newswire.com ) Since Tonogold’s Nov. 17, 2020 update, it has pushed forward the early stages of its $7 million drill exploration program aimed at proving the existence of significant gold and silver mineralization in the Comstock District located in the vicinity of Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada, approximately 40 kilometers southeast ...

Published January 28, 2021 • Updated on January 28, 2021 at 1:51 pm MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images The amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego Thursday following a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet and U.S. 4th Fleet areas of operation. "Our Comstock crew has demonstrated the utmost professionalism and flexibility conducting a range of diverse operations during this deployment," said Cmdr. Kevin Culver, commandi...

Emgold Mining Corporation: Emgold Announces Initiation of an Airborne Magnetic-Radiometric Geophysics Survey at Its Koegel Rawhide Property, NV Emgold" or the " Company") announces that it has contracted with Precision GeoSurveys Inc. to perform an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey at its Koegel Rawhide Property, NV (the " Property"). Plans are to conduct an 87 line-km survey, covering an area of about 3.9 square kilometers, consisting of the entire claim block of 36 unpatented claims. The g...

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I was getting a little tired and soaked from wading the creek, working my way downstream in a drainage in northwestern Gila County. I retreated up the canyon-side and promptly got snarled in a catclaw thicket. I pushed my way through the brambles, shredding my shirt and bloodying the exposed flesh, until I emerged onto a sandy bench about 20 feet above creek-level and came face-to-face with the goal of my trek: an arrastra. You might wonder what is an arrastra and why would I be so excited abou...

Untapped potential For the uninitiated, the area of Nevada in which Great Western is operating has been prolific for gold and silver. Its 14,900 acres-worth of concessions all lie within the Walker Lane trend, which has yielded significant discoveries such as Comstock Lode, Yerington, Pumpkin Hollow and Isabella Pearl. Because of the mountainous terrain, there are large tracts of land under licence to the company that are unexplored that could be appraised using modern techniques. Hall and the ...

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Strategic refocus towards gold drives Great Western Mining forward Ian Lyall At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk © Provided by This Is Money MailOnline logo Under the direction of chairman Brian Hall, Great Western Mining Corporation has ‘refocused’ its strategy. Shelved (but not forgotten) is its interest in copper. Instead, the group is concentrating on gold and silver exploration and production in the aptly named Mineral County, Nevada. ...