Company Notes

July 1999 by Staff

Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives

September 2010
Hardrock mining in the US has been hit by a tragic streak of mining accidents in recent months.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2010
• Setback in California suction dredging fight
• Appeals court hears arguments on forest roads rule
• States push back on firearms

Picks & Pans: Mining Tungsten Ore—A Case History

May 2002
In 1977, when the price of tungsten hit one of its highs, three of us formed U.S. Western Mines to look for scheelite, the mineral ore of tungsten. Union Carbide Corporation was purchasing raw tungsten ore at...

Forest Service Seeks to Lock Miners Out in South Dakota

January 2016

Ask The Experts - Chlorine bleach and vinegar makes a deadly combination

December 2017

Gold Garbage: Scams New & Old

October 2002
Here’s what actually happened, described in the case file documents: Based on a precious metal assay certificate signed by a registered southwest assayer, the sellers, in consideration of the payment of over $53 million, transfer over 185,000 troy ounces stored in a warehouse to a company based in Norway. This document was signed and notarized in a southwest town, and was publicly distributed in 2001. Guess what?! The  warehouse floor concrete may have a higher gold assay than the concentrates sitting above it valued at fifty-three million.

Picks & Pans: Detecting in Kauai, Hawaii

July 2000
Winter in Alaska! What is an Alaskan gold miner to do? Go somewhere warm to look for gold, that's what!

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