Company Notes

November 2000 by Staff

Ask the Experts

February 2013
Q: A few questions about diamonds...

$50 Million Swiped in Diamond Heist

March 2013
Eight masked gunmen forced their way through the security fence at Brussels’ international airport, drove onto the tarmac and snatched some $50 million worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane without firing a shot.

Looking Back

June 2008
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Picks & Pans: Sniping for Low Stream Gold

September 2003
In southwestern Canada a couple of summers ago, the weather was extremely dry. So dry in fact, that some of the streams were at lows not seen in many decades. The wonderful advantage for sniping in the following fall was that...

PGMs in the United States

August 1999
Until just recently, platinum-group metals (PGMs), especially palladium, had been holding their own on the market. But, Russia has now resumed shipments and it has brought prices down.

Picks & Pans: Gold Mining on Joie Osgood Ranch

January 2000
Butte County, California—On January 29, 1978, Peter and I received permission from Joie Osgood to pan and look for gold on her property. The 3800 acre property was located about four miles northeast of Honcut, Butte County, California.

The Mysterious Telluride Minerals

August 2020

…let’s dive in and take a closer look at these rich gold and silver-bearing minerals to find out what they are, where they form, and how to identify them.

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