All Articles
Buckhorn Mountain Project May Be Revived
November 2003 by Associated Press
The long-delayed Buckhorn Mountain gold mine project has been purchased by one of North America’s largest gold producers. Kinross Gold Corp. plans to begin mining there within two years.Placer Testing with Large Samples
Of all the difficult gold placer sites to evaluate, none can compare with trying to dig to bedrock through twenty or thirty feet of soaked overburden through which water is slowly seeping downgrade.
The Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
While the current mine plans forecast an end of mining in about 2019, Bingham Canyons’ future remains bright. Company officials are looking at an expansion that, if approved, will extend the mine life until about 2036.
GATA Update
The case of Howe vs. Bank of International Settlements et al.—I like to call it Howe vs. All the Money in the World—was roughed up a little but survived its first day of hearing in federal court in Boston.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
• CA suction dredging update
• Appropriations Bill addresses problems at EPA
• Bad science, worse policy
Take a Kid Detecting
I thought things started off okay until I realized I had forgotten some of my gear and had to return to the house. My troubled start was not helped when my boy came up to me a few minutes after my return to show me his first nugget of the day.
Over The Divide: Charles "Chuck" Cushman
Melman on Gold & Silver
People who want to believe that the sky is falling or the end of the (economic) world is at hand sure had ammunition thrown at them by the bucketfuls in the past month.
Subscription Required:
The Ball Mill
• British Columbia to Streamline Filing of Mining Claims
• Millsite Opinion Overturned!
• Continental Drift
• Eight Mines Earn Prestigious Safety Awards
• A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
• Company Notes
• The Kennedy Gold Mine—An Impressive Piece of History
• Watermelon Gold
• Picks & Pans: An Arizona Miner
• Gold Hill, Utah
• Looking Back
• Frozen Prospects
• Platinum in Nevada
• USFS Criticized for Renting Chopper in Nevada Dispute
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• New Guinea Denies Existence of Gold Stash
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
