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National Mining Hall of Fall and Museum Calls for Poetry
March 2003 by Staff
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville, Colorado, is calling for poems reflective of the mining experience for its Fifth Annual Miner’s Poetry Jamboree.Additional articles that might interest you...
Higher Copper Price Brings Hope, Jobs
June 2004
Buoyed by higher copper prices, Chino Mines is reopening its ore concentrator and hiring workers.
Buoyed by higher copper prices, Chino Mines is reopening its ore concentrator and hiring workers.
De Beers Undergoes Overhaul
August 2001
Behind every diamond engagement ring, every diamond earring, every glittering, multicarat expression of true love once loomed the shadow of De Beers, the cartel that controlled—and, some argue, created—the international diamond industry.
Behind every diamond engagement ring, every diamond earring, every glittering, multicarat expression of true love once loomed the shadow of De Beers, the cartel that controlled—and, some argue, created—the international diamond industry.
Melman on Gold & Silver
April 2005
The entire petroleum complex has once again taken center stage in the world’s financial markets as prices for crude surged to near all-time highs at $55 per barrel and associated products such as heating oil and unleaded gasoline (see chart analysis below) soared through previous peaks. What made these new rallies so remarkable...
The entire petroleum complex has once again taken center stage in the world’s financial markets as prices for crude surged to near all-time highs at $55 per barrel and associated products such as heating oil and unleaded gasoline (see chart analysis below) soared through previous peaks. What made these new rallies so remarkable...
A New Prospecting Spot
October 2016
Once indicators start showing up along or below a contact I start to get excited. When I have shale, and outcroppings of diorite with iron-red, gritty soil and some clay thrown in, I really get lightheaded. I may be a mile away from the nearest diggings but that’s okay. I just found a spot that could provide some nice nugget hunting.
Once indicators start showing up along or below a contact I start to get excited. When I have shale, and outcroppings of diorite with iron-red, gritty soil and some clay thrown in, I really get lightheaded. I may be a mile away from the nearest diggings but that’s okay. I just found a spot that could provide some nice nugget hunting.
China Closing More Than 1,000 Mines
August 2016
It was only a few years ago that China was taxing and limiting quantities of exports for rare earths in an effort squeeze the market, drive up prices and extract the most in the way of income.
It was only a few years ago that China was taxing and limiting quantities of exports for rare earths in an effort squeeze the market, drive up prices and extract the most in the way of income.
The Business Of Mining: Profits, Losses, Hobbies and Businesses
November 2008
Everyone can deduct all of the ordinary and necessary expenses of conducting a trade or business. But how can anyone hope to refute the IRS’s labeling of their activity as a hobby or, probably more importantly, hope to achieve the label of a tax business?
Everyone can deduct all of the ordinary and necessary expenses of conducting a trade or business. But how can anyone hope to refute the IRS’s labeling of their activity as a hobby or, probably more importantly, hope to achieve the label of a tax business?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2014
• Idaho challenges EPA regulations
• California suction gold dredging
• Idaho challenges EPA regulations
• California suction gold dredging
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The Bawl Mill
• The Steeple Rock District, New Mexico
• The Hunt for Diamonds, Nunavut, Canada
• Famous Yuba River Dredge Sinks
• Gold in Maine?
• Mud Creek Placer Mine Adventure
• Junior Miners and Investors Gather in Canada
• Picks & Pans: Dredging at Douglas Creek, Wyoming
• Gold in Gossan
• Company Notes
• Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska (Part III—Conclusion)
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
