Company Notes

October 1999 by Staff

Waldo Miners File Suit

October 2003
On August 29, 2003, the “Miners” (Waldo Mining District, along with Bob & Lesa Barton of Armadillo Mining Shop) filed Complaints in US District Court for the District of Oregon (Medford) against the United States Forest Service, Scott Conroy (in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest), and Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans.

Nevada Claim Holders Form Coalition

October 2010
Unlike producing mines, exploration companies and claim holders owning non-producing claims are not reaping a windfall of increased profits from the recent high prices for precious metals and other raw materials.

N.Y. Congressman Introduces Utah Wilderness Bill

June 1999
For the fifth time in the last decade, New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey has introduced legislation to set aside wilderness in Utah.

El Tigre—Unlocking Values in Tailings to Jumpstart a Mine

May 2012
...El Tigre Silver Corp, is taking a somewhat different path toward developing their El Tigre property located in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

Prospecting for Diamonds

May 2008
In 1977, I was a young, inexperienced geologist hired to evaluate Wyoming’s diamond resources in the Colorado-Wyoming State Line district, and investigate and map all other mineral commodities in the state with the exception of oil, gas...

Melman on Gold & Silver

November 2009
There are many factors that affect the price of gold. It appears to us that the majority of them are now pointing to higher prices, not lower.

Who Jumped Whose Claim First?

February 2019

At this point, stress raised my blood pressure and I was figuring out escape routes through the brush, but thought it best to continue the conversation.

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