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A process of mineral discovery

I have made discoveries, and the feeling is amazing. I’m talking of finding gold in my previous life as a geologist, but this sense of discovery applies whenever something new is found or deduced. But how does discovery occur?

What is the value of intuition?

This is a story about a young geologist discovering a new, world-class orebody, and it happened because he was able to see things in a different way than those who came before. Thirty years ago, I was a newly hired mine geologist in a historic mining district in Nevada. As a mine geologist, part of … Continue reading »

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