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Melman on Gold & Silver
July 2004 by Leonard Melman
The greatest headline maker of the past month was not a person, not a war, not a nation and not a political contest. Instead, that honor belonged to a gooey, flammable, black substance called petroleum as it shot through $42.00 per barrel...Critical Minerals: Titanium
The metal is expensive, not because it is rare but because of the expense to produce and work it. The minerals mined for titanium are all oxides, unlike many base metals that are mostly mined as sulfide minerals.
Australian Gold Adventure
I had my heart set on finding a large nugget on this trip, and it seemed to me that pounding known patches was not likely to turn up a monster. Inevitably I would spend at least half my day wandering off...
Melman on Gold & Silver
Recent reports could be pointing toward a genuinely important change in direction for the American economy and it is a change that could be positive for the precious metals over time.
ECU Silver Mining Continues The Legacy
Mexico has a lengthy history of mining and one of the regions most associated with that activity is Durango State in the north-central part of the country.
Aussie Gold
This is the first of a series of articles outlining prospecting in Australia for the visiting small prospector or miner. Whether you are just coming out for a holiday, stopping for a few months, or moving here permanently...
The Bawl Mill
• Homeowner decides it’s time for change...
• Money for nothing...
• Representatives bring home the bacon...again
• Two cents for your thoughts
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Hearing date moved up for preliminary injunction for California suction dredging
• Anti-mining bills in Oregon lead to recall effort
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The Bawl Mill
• Mining Claim Fees Are Going Up
• Our Readers Say
• Buell Park Pipe, Arizona
• Mines and Money
• Understanding Hard Rock Mining: Terms and Methods—Part II
• Two Nevada Mines Look to Supply Own Power
• Paleontonlogical Resources Preservation Act
• Picks & Pans: Mexican "Edventure"
• Over the Divide
• Flat-Fault Gold in Sonora, Mexico
• Looking Back
• The Fern Mine
• Map Offers Look at Butte's Mining History
• Gold in China
• 2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
