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September 1999 by Staff
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• Federal budget priorities
• Wilderness bills proposed
• Inyo County fights back
• Comments needed by concerned miners in New Mexico
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• EPA declares carbon dioxide a threat to environment
• Suction dredging update for California
• California Fish & Game director resigns
• More Merced River restrictions
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China Closing More Than 1,000 Mines
It was only a few years ago that China was taxing and limiting quantities of exports for rare earths in an effort squeeze the market, drive up prices and extract the most in the way of income.
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Silver Boom Prompts Idaho Mine Expansion
The Lucky Friday is already one of North America’s deepest hard-rock mines. Now, the 62-year-old mine is about to get much deeper.
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The Bawl Mill
• Over the Divide
• Our Readers Say
• Feds Eye Restrictions on AZ Archaeological Sites
• IMF Reconsidering Gold Sales to Finance Debt
• Governors Focus on Aid for Laid-off Miners
• Nevada Counties, Towns Get Forest Service Grants
• Labor Dept. Approves Aid to Laid-off Nevada Miners
• ISEE Celebrates 25 Years
• Picks & Pans: Basic Dry Washing Operations in Gold Placer Mining
• Washington Miner Wins Poetry Contest
• Gold Coin Sales Boosted by Low Prices
• The Klamath Mountains
• Silver Posts Best Price in 11 Years—Strong Investment Interest and Steady Demand Cited
• Platinum—Group Metals
• Historic Mining at Mount Diablo, CA
• Gold in the Drum Mountains
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
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