Cartwrights Celebrate 40 Years in Nevada

October 1999 by Guest Writer

Guanajuato Silver, Mexico

August 1999
For 250 years, the Guanajuato Mining District of Mexico produced 20% of the world's silver. The old colonial city of Guanajuato (pop.100,000) is wedged in a narrow canyon in the Sierra de Guanajuato, at an average elevation of 6,750 feet.

Montana Mining Association Raising Cash

October 1999
The Montana Mining Association is trying to raise more than $150,000 to pay lawyers to continue the battle to overturn Initiative 137, the 1998 ballot issue that banned cyanide processing at most new or expanded gold mines.

Nevada Counties, Towns Get Forest Service Grants

September 1999
The Forest Service is issuing $69,630 in small grants to several rural communities in Nevada to help diversify their economies and wean them from dependency on natural resources.

Extracting & Smelting Your Gold

February 2013
Unfortunately, not all the gold that we prospectors find is pretty, or appealing to the eyes. They are not all nice, bright, shiny nuggets with lots of character that carry high collector value.

Ask the Experts

March 2013
Q: Can you please tell me about diamond fluorescense?

Mining Hall of Fame Seeks Rhymes of the Mines

April 2000
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, Leadville, Colorado, is calling for poems reflective of the mining experience for its Second Annual Miner's Poetry Jamboree.

The Bawl Mill

February 2019

• He made quite a splash
• Even the Pony Express was faster than this!
• They say it’s “snot” a joke…

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