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Congressional Request to EPA: "Leave Our Kids Alone!"
June 1999 by Associated Press
"Grouping zinc with arsenic, mercury, cyanide and dioxins is not supported by science, logic or common sense." said George Vary, Executive Directors of the American Zinc Association (AZA).
Ask The Experts
Sulfides and oxides—what's the difference between the two?
Former Sunshine Miners Find Work in Montana
Like almost 200 other Silver Valley miners, Butch Dempsey used to work at the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg. But, along with dozens of the others, he now works for the Columbus, Montana-based Stillwater Mining Co., about 400 miles to the east...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Interior appropriations
• New bull trout plan released
• Comments needed
Mariposa, California
The sleepy town of Mariposa, known more today as one of the gateways to Yosemite National Park, was once considered the southern end of the famed “Mother Lode” gold deposits that stretched hundreds of miles throughout California’s Sierra...
Saved Before the Tax Bell Tolled
The owners of many prospecting, dredging and mining operations may be missing a number of newly extended and expanded tax breaks under the false impressions that they expired. Other tax breaks that may have been overlooked in the past have now been clarified thanks to the last-minute passage of a new tax law.
Romancing the Lens
...a large number of these aspiring miners developing their operations seemed to have missed "Placer Mining 101" somewhere along the way.
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The Bawl Mill
• GATA Launches Investigation into Gold Price Manipulation
• N.Y. Congressman Introduces Utah Wilderness Bill
• Gold in Mono County, California
• Prospecting Ores Shoots and Hidden Veins for Specimen-Grade Gold Samples
• Randsburg—Still Going Strong
• Exploration Drilling
• You Want a Ripoff? Here's a Ripoff!!
• Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due
• Gold and Silver Deposit May Be World's Largest
• Aviators Carry Gold Coins
• Picks & Pans: Koyukuk River Gold—Prospecting Alaska's Brooks Range
• Quartz and Chalcedony in Wyoming
• Company Notes
• Gold at Quartzville, Oregon
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
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