Gold Prospectors Association of America Essays

  • Gold Planning Advantages

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    GOLD PANNING Gold panning is one of the oldest methods used for recovering gold known to mankind. Gold panning can be used as a prospecting method in itself or can be used in connection with other prospecting methods. For this reason, gold panning is probably the most popular method of gold recovery in use today by recreational gold prospectors. A gold pan can be used to recover gold in one of two ways: Wet panning; Dry panning. Of the two panning methods, wet panning is the easiest to learn and

  • It’s Time for America to Build a Moonbase

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    Time for America to Build a Moonbase On May 25, 1961, Congress met in a joint session to hear the American president, John F. Kennedy, address them in a speech he referred to as a second State of the Union. In his speech, the young president geared America for a race that would send men to the moon. Kennedy challenged America to “take longer strides” and to take a “leading role in space achievement, which, in many ways, may hold the key to our future on earth” (Burrows 330-331). America rose to

  • Las Vegas Casinos & their Gambling

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    clubs did not happen back then, our community of Las Vegas would not be as popular as we are today. Gambling goes way back into 1860’s in Nevada (“History of Gaming in Nevada”). The history began around 1864 to 1931, starting with the prospectors (ibid). The prospectors were the people who brought the gaming/gambling into Nevada and made it known. However, Abraham Lincoln chose Nevada Territory Governor James Nye ,who was against gambling, encouraging the legislature to ban any forms of gaming (ibid)

  • Blue Collar American Culture

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    Introduction From its humble beginnings in the mines of Gold Rush California to its current showcases in fashion shows around the world, the blue jean is, paradoxically, a quintessential symbol of blue collar American culture, and, simultaneously, a globally accepted wardrobe staple that some argue has become the first post-semiotic garment. Jeans come in two very specific categories these days; pants worn to make a statement, or the pair thrown on for the sake of simplicity and comfort. Blue jeans

  • Legalizing Prostitution and Other Sexually Oriented Business

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    were first licensed in 1971. Back in 1859, the gold prospectors discovered high grade silver in the hills of what we now know as Virginia City. Miners came and lived in tents, dens, caves and dugouts. By 1... ... middle of paper ... ...to Male Prostitutes." Lasvegassun.com.18 June 2011. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Cuckman. "Jockstrip: The World as We Know It." United Press Intnl. 5 June 2003: Print. Goldman, Marion S. "Violence against Prostitues." Gold Diggers and Silver Miners: Prostitution and Social