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Ask The Experts—How do I work this large quartz vein?
September 2008 by Chris Ralph
Q: I found a large quartz vein. I’m interested in mining this myself. Can you point me to a good book or other source on lode mining?Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Zinke leaving office
- Property rights triumph over critical habitat says Supreme Court
- Water of the United States
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Mining reform introduced in Senate
• Obama signs lands bill
• Cap-and-trade
The Bawl Mill
• Mulligan for Clyburn—bogey for taxpayers
• The pig is back at the trough
• Mothers Against Renaming Roadways
Prospector's Guide to Rock Breaking and Blasting
The holes were overloaded with explosives, but I didn’t know it. I was just a green mining engineer fresh out of school and told to watch as the experienced miners set the charge.
Still Gold in Humbug, Arizona
Has anyone made it through childhood, or even adulthood, without at least one dream of finding gold or buried treasure? It is the stuff of daydreams—the kindling for the flame of hope. We so long for it that we eagerly accept stories and maps from friends and strangers alike that promise us fame and fortune.
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Personal letters from our readers.....
Green Returns And Opportunity Is Almost Gone
Many of you have read recent articles that include pictures of some of the nice nuggets that have come out of this area. I’m going to talk very briefly about a few of my friends and some of the nuggets they have been taking out of this area…
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• 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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