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Another Uranium Boom in the West
October 2006 by Associated Press
The last US uranium mill ever built, in this parched landscape near Lake Powell, shut down quickly after it started operating as nuclear power fell into disfavor about two decades ago.Utah's Crescent Creek Placers
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.
Ask the Experts
Why are there no maps of the so-called mining districts?
Blast from the Past—The Source of Gold Mines Cranks up for Business Men
There is no headframe, no dark tunnels, no ore cars and no visible gold but Sonora Mining Corp. is mining the precious yellow metal...
Gold in Beatty, Nevada
In this case, signs of gold were found at the bottom of the alluvial and then traced in a triangle up the face of the mountain until they stopped—that is where the digging began.
Ask the Experts
Q: Can you please tell me about diamond fluorescense?
Mannequins Bring "Life" to Mining Museum
Mining is coming back to Leadville, at least in spirit.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: A Long Hike
Making matters worse, we could feel the truck moving very slowly down the mountain along with the trees and mud. It was an uncomfortable sinking feeling, as you might guess.
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