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Economic Impact of Mining in Alaska
April 2006 by Scott Harn
The Alaska Miners Association recently released a report on the Economic Impact of Mining on Alaska. The numbers are impressive:Company Notes
• Capital Hill Gold
• Calais Resources
• Copper Ridge Explorations
• Randgold Resources
• Linux Gold Corp.
• Diamond Discoveries International
Ask The Experts - Can you tell me anything about the Cherry Creek District in Nevada?
History of Mining—Bradshaw Mountains, AZ (Part I)
The Bradshaw Mountains, southeast of the old territorial capital city of Prescott, contain traces of many old mines and the railroads that were built to serve them.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• San Bernardino National Forest Closure
• Interior secretary wants reforms to 1872 Mining Law
• Nevada drops lawsuit over mining regulations
• Environmental extremists sue over mine operation
Where Should I Start?
Digging in the right spots will produce excellent results, like this group of nuggets taken by the author while metal detecting during the last few months. The biggest nugget is over an ounce.
Silverton's Gold
Within this area, about two million ounces of gold and fifty million ounces of silver have been mined. Faults, dikes, veins and fissures that carry the ore form a concentric radial pattern—like spokes on a wagon wheel—around the caldera core.
Gold, Quartz & Chalcedony—Part I
Gold has always been noted to have an affinity for quartz to such a degree prospectors almost always dig on quartz veins in a search for the precious metal.
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The Bawl Mill
• Federal Court to Address Dredge Permits—The Tulloch Rule
• Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part IV Geology of Hardrock Gold Deposits
• The Kenai Peninsula Goldfields
• Copper Price Keeps Canadian Miners Busy
• The Business of Mining: Financial Recoveries for Mandated Changes
• Utilizing Geologic Maps
• The Rich Hill Outing
• Picks & Pans: Detecting at Ganes Creek
• Copper Mine Opening in Utah
• Future of Mining in Bolivia Uncertain
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
