1999 Tables of Content

December 1999 by Staff

Revisiting an Old Mine in Idaho Reaps Rewards

April 2012
Our research indicated this whole area had been claimed by Newmont mining company for several years, but when the price of gold dropped they let the claims expire, and we confirmed this with the local BLM office.

Original Sixteen-to-One Mine Fights On

December 2002
In our April and May 2001 issues we reported on the administrative hearings involving the 16-to-1 Mine and their fight against countless MSHA citations, many of which seemed to be driven by inspectors following their own agenda.

Mine Woes Could Mean Higher Taxes

March 1999
Hard times for the copper industry could cost property owners in Grant County.

Gold and Silver Deposit May Be World's Largest

June 1999
A crater in an undersea volcano off Japan may contain the world's largest gold nugget ever found...

Newmont Welcomes Release of Executives

December 2004
Newmont Mining welcomed the release of five executives who were being detained in Indonesia over claims that the company polluted Buyat Bay in central Indonesia.

A Word from the Editor

July 2000
Many of the calls and letters I have received from our readers lately have expressed frustration and outright anger at the Clinton Administration.

California State Open and US National Gold Panning Championships

October 2008
One hundred eighty-six panners went through a wild and woolly two days (August 30 & 31 in Foresthill, Calif.) to determine who had the bragging rights of being the best—at least for one year!

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The Bawl Mill   • Over the Divide   • Our Readers Say   • Desert Phone Trashed   • ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999   • Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ   • Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy   • The Search Continues   • Guest Editorial: U.S. Government—Like Nobody's Business   • Circulation and Collections Manager Leaving ICMJ   • Company Notes   • House Chair Requests Records on Forest Decision   • BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land   • Silverton Preserving Lofty Symbol of Mining Era   • Hijackers Make Off With 660 Pounds of Gold   • Prospecting With a Magnetometer   • Lighting the Way Underground 1860-1940s   • Millie's Tailings   • Picks & Pans: Crevicing & Sniping for Placer Gold   • Looking Back   • Gold in Sonora   • Forest Service Boss Quits in Bull Trout Flap   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • European Gold Miners Seek Clarification Letter   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices   • Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite

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