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Melman on Gold & Silver
September 2007 by Leonard Melman
Well, the events of last month have completely diverted attention away from prior problems such as tensions in Iran, arms build-ups in China and Russia, socialist experimentation in Venezuela and Bolivia, peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians, and instead have placed the focus of the world squarely on a rapidly growing array of financial dislocations.Additional articles that might interest you...
A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
November 2003
Most of the old large gold dredging operations used a trommel. The trommel consisted of a long metal cylinder made of heavy punch plate in which the small gravel, black sands, and gold would fall though holes and end up in banks of sluices.
Most of the old large gold dredging operations used a trommel. The trommel consisted of a long metal cylinder made of heavy punch plate in which the small gravel, black sands, and gold would fall though holes and end up in banks of sluices.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2007
• Federal budget priorities
• Wilderness bills proposed
• Inyo County fights back
• Comments needed by concerned miners in New Mexico
• Federal budget priorities
• Wilderness bills proposed
• Inyo County fights back
• Comments needed by concerned miners in New Mexico
Dredging for Monazite in Idaho
October 2003
The advent of the nuclear age, after World War II, aroused concerns in government circles when officials realized the United States was entirely dependent upon foreign sources of supply for rare earth elements. This prompted the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to enlist the US Bureau of Mines Special Minerals Investigation Branch to evaluate monazite-bearing placers in the United States in 1948.
The advent of the nuclear age, after World War II, aroused concerns in government circles when officials realized the United States was entirely dependent upon foreign sources of supply for rare earth elements. This prompted the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to enlist the US Bureau of Mines Special Minerals Investigation Branch to evaluate monazite-bearing placers in the United States in 1948.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
September 2004
Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?
November 2011
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
Q: I have a gold claim that the BLM just closed. Should I get compensation for the value of the claim?
Ask The Experts
April 2016
• Reason for adits rather than shafts?
• Reason for adits rather than shafts?
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask the Experts
• Mining Gold at 16,000 Feet
• Locating a New Nugget Patch
• Journeys in the Kingman Quadrangle—Part II
• The American Hill Mine
• In Pursuit of Gold & Silver in the Sierra Madres—The Plan
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