1st Annual Placer County Open Gold Panning Championships—1999

November 1999 by Annie Robinson

Alaska's Hope-Sunrise Mining District

September 2010
Over 100 years of placer mining on the Kenai Peninsula has produced about 133,800 ounces of gold. Hard rock mines produced an additional 30,000 ounces. Suction dredging is currently the dominate mining method.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2016
• More roadblocks in southern California
• Greater Sage-grouse withdrawals

Directory of Active Mines in Arizona Available

January 2003
The Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources has released the Directory of Active Mines in Arizona, 2001-2002.

Have We Hit 'Peak Gold'?

September 2018

According to some experts, after the peak is reached, the production rate will slowly decline until it reaches near zero while the price shoots upward. At that point, we will have pretty much mined all the economic ore deposits that are present on the planet.

Letter to the Editor

September 2000
In the August 2000 issue of the Journal, the story of the "Quartszite Area" was most informative and accurate.

Prospecting for Diamonds

January 2013
Let’s take a look at diamonds and diamond mining and see how they form, how they are used beyond just jewelry, and what leads geologists to find diamond deposits.

Working the Belmont Mine Butte, Montana—1953

October 2002
Waiting to go underground in the Belmont Mine in Butte, Montana, I hoped that I didn’t look like a green college kid. I enjoyed watching the ropes run through the sheaves at the top of the head frame as the shaft crew was busy changing over...

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