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Canadian Mint to Unveil $1 Million Coin
March 2007 by Staff
The Royal Canadian Mint will soon unveil a gold coin worth one million Canadian dollars ($850,000 US).Melman on Gold & Silver
Man O Man, if politics isn’t the strangest game! First, we had a Presidential election that wasn’t over the night it’s over, but instead dragged on for weeks on end before “Dubya” was declared the winner. Then we had the Senatorial contest in Washington that dragged on for more weeks before the Democratic candidate won that squeaker, reducing the Senate to a fifty-fifty proposition with the Republicans having a minuscule edge by virtue of the Vice President being of their party.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Art of Underwater Nugget Shooting

The Douglas Creek Placer District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming

U.S. Sued for Failure to Guard Rare Species
Environmental groups have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its refusal to designate critical habitat for seven rare species, five in California and two in Alaska.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Researching Suitable Areas to Detect for Free-Milling Gold

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