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August 2000 by Staff
• CoreMarkets.com• Canyon Resources Corp.
• X-Cal Resources
• Homestake Mining Company
• Pan American Silver Corp.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Much of the past 12 months, both in America and around the world, has been devoted to discussions of Keynesianism versus the Austrian School of economics; of the value versus risks of “Quantitative Easing,” of free markets versus government-dominated markets; and of the right of government to accede to unlimited demands on her resources, no matter the cost.
Hard Rock 101: Breaking Rock—Part I
What do you do when you’ve located a promising deposit of gold or gemstones, but it’s trapped in solid rock?
The Bawl Mill
• Run for the border
• By the numbers
A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
The diverse minerals, salts, and moisture, plus any halo effect, and old-timer trash, especially decomposing iron artifacts, are often found in any dry placer gold field and can really mask the “penetration powers” of a detector.
Mining Stock Quotes, Mineral & Metal Prices
Reno's 1872 Time Capsule Includes Gold Rush Lore
The Reno Masonic Lodge was built along the railroad tracks back when Ulysses S. Grant was president and shortly after the Comstock Lode of gold and silver was struck in Virginia City.
Feinstein Pushes for Million-Acre Land Grab
Met by jeers and cheers from more than 1,000 people, US Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made another pitch to create three new national monuments in the deserts of southern California recently.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• August Hearing Set for Crandon Mine
• Montana Approves Stillwater Expansion Bonds
• Guest Editorial—Globalizing Mining in America, Part I
• Quartzsite, Arizona
• Groups Plan to Sue Over Lynx Protection
• Picks & Pans: Treasure Hawk Mine—Cutthroat Mining Corporation
• Nuggetshooting Eluvial Placers in the Western United States
• 125 Years of Mining History in the Panamints
• Cuba Revisited
• 2000 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
• United States National Gold Panning Championships
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
