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Melman on Gold & Silver
January 2008 by Leonard Melman
Not being a psychiatrist, this writer is not aware of the specific term for a condition laymen refer to as “split personality.” However, whatever that term might be, it would be wholly appropriate for the news background during the past month. We were first subjected to one news story after another that suggested that our economic world was on a truly shaky foundation—and then, suddenly, we were “blessed” with a barrage of positive developments.Flood Plain Gold Deposits—What Are They Really?
We just completed a trip to another river, and yes, there was definite movement and redistribution of gravels, and other prospectors have seen this as well.
Picks & Pans: The Professional Nuggetshooter
I recently returned from a nugget-shooting trip somewhere in the extensive Basin Range of Nevada. While there, I happened to meet “Young Fella,” a professional nuggetshooter.
Two Men Claim Discovery of Nazi Treasure Train
2000 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
ICMJ congratulates this year's inductees to the National Mining Hall of Fame.
Company Notes
• Coeur Alaska
• Canico Resources
• Entree Gold
• Newmont Mining
• Bema Gold
• Copper Ridge Explorations
The King Has No Clothes
As green preservationist groups hail their King as he marches down Pennsylvania Avenue loudly proclaiming his land legacy proposals, I am reminded that it once took a child to remind a past king that he had no clothes.
Rattlesnakes
Every miner has encountered rattlesnakes in his work, and some may have been bitten. The writer has never been bitten, but has worked with people who have been. It is not a pleasant experience.
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The Journal Welcomes Chris Ralph as Associate Editor
• The Bawl Mill
• Global Hunter
• New Study of the Formation of Nuggets—Part II
• Michigan DEQ Approves Upper Peninsula Mine
• Let’s Go Crevicing for Gold
• Mining Restrictions Lifted in Southwest Alaska
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre: The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Conclusion
• 2007 Annual Photo Contest Winners
• Exploring La Trinidad Mine
• There’s Still Gold In Oregon’s Umpqua River
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
