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Ask The Experts—Columbium/Niobium
September 2008 by Staff
A: Niobium is a rare and strategically important metallic element used in a number of specialized high tech applications. The pure metal is a shiny grey color, but it takes on a bluish tinge...Placer Diamonds in Venezuela
A large number of gem and industrial grade placer diamonds have been found in or near a number of creeks and rivers in Venezuela. The area involved is in the southeastern parts...and is inhabited by fierce Yanomamo Indians.
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“...where does the NFS get the authority and power to restrict access...”
Gold in New Hampshire
New Hampshire, one of five New England states, has an area of 9,351 square miles, a bit larger than Kern County, California. It is a playground for people who live in the large urban areas in the East.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
There’s Still Gold In Oregon’s Umpqua River
The Umpqua River, located in the heart of western Oregon, flows for several miles nearly alongside Interstate Highway Five.
Tools of the Modern Prospector: The GPS
GPS provides the prospector a precise way of knowing just where something (like a mine) is located. There are many thousands of lost mine stories—some real, and some made up. The use of a GPS could well have made the difference to accurately record their location.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• More National Monument news
• Land-use advocates file another suit over National Monuments
• NWMA's Linda Skaer addresses EPA in northern Idaho
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Ask The Experts—How do I work this large quartz vein?
• Cashing In Your Gold: Working With A Refiner
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• Major Miners Go on Buying Spree
• The Big Gold Strike
• Gold Deposits Of South Carolina
• Investing In Junior Mining Stocks
• Bella's Birthday Nugget
• Hidden Treasure Mine—Foresthill Divide, California
• Jerritt Canyon Mine Lays Off 400
• Teenager Finds Large Nugget
• Winnemucca Rising While Other Towns Falter
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes
• Utah Mining History Being Erased
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