Researching and Staking Mining Claims

December 2006 by Chris Ralph

One of the greatest opportunities still available to Americans is the opportunity to stake and own your own mining claim. Much of the Western US consists of lands that are open to claim by any US citizen...

North Korea Seeks Outside Help to Modernize Mining

March 2002
Eager to earn hard currency, isolated North Korea is trying to modernize its decrepit mining industry with foreign help.

Ask The Experts - Need advice on melting gold

January 2019

Impact of Habitat Designations Grossly Underestimated

April 2003
A UC Berkeley professor says the federal government is using an analysis method that seriously underestimates the economic impact of critical habitat designations for imperiled species.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2007
• Karuk Tribe case over, for now
• Fundraising continues

Over the Divide

November 2006
Lesa Dale Barton, formerly of Armadillo Mining Shop of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away September 6, 2006 after bravely fighting cancer for several months.

The Notch Peak Intrusive

October 2005
Located about thirty miles west of Delta, Utah, just to the north of Highway 6-50, is a tall rocky crag with an apparent notch missing from the peak. This is Notch Peak.

2011 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees

July 2011
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum announced the 2011 National Mining Hall of Fame inductees.

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