Dry Placers in the Kamma Mountains, Nevada

April 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

The Fort Knox Mine—1,200 Ounces a Day

January 2002
In years past, it was a long, mosquito infested walk through these hills, not only as a youth but also as an enthusiastic gold prospector and explorer in search of old gold mines and lost paystreaks. Hours were spent going through...

Why Did This Silver Mine Close?

October 2014

Bad management, cave-ins, the lack of adequate capitalization, bad winters—the list of possible scenarios that might have closed a mine is a long one.

Prospecting on Pickering Bar

March 2007
On Saturday, January 27, 2007, six of us began a trip to Pickering Bar on the North Fork of the American River. It was 7:30 am and we had our engines running to begin the first leg of our two and a half hour trip to get there.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

August 2016

Police Extend Detention of Newmont Executives

November 2004
Five executives from the American mining giant Newmont will continue to be jailed while facing pollution charges in Indonesia, police said, despite test results that show “normal” mercury levels near a former gold mine.

Company Notes

January 2003
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Wolfden Resources Inc.
• NovaGold Resources
• Globex Mining Enterprises
• Canyon Resource Corp.

Our Readers Say

January 2002
• "Thank you..."
• "...dredges under 8" need not be regulated"

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