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Feds Raid “Liberty Dollar” Headquarters
December 2007 by Associated Press
Federal agents seized two tons of copper coins featuring Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and 500 pounds of silver during a raid on the headquarters of a group seeking to dissolve the Federal Reserve.Alaska Gold: Lisianski Inlet's First Bonanza
In 1967, a local resident showed me a pouch of small gold nuggets and flakes. Several years later I asked the same person where that gold was found. He responded, “From the streambed below the old stamp mill at Apex.”
GM to Cancel Mining Contracts
Governor Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution.
Endangered Species Act is a Mess
You’ve likely read about some of the problems with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the Legislative Update section, and in previous issues of our publication. The problems never seem to end, and it is way past the time for reform. A current story highlights some of these problems.
US Mint to Offer Other Precious Metal Coins
Investors and collectors may also be able to purchase palladium coins after President Obama signed a bill authorizing palladium coins if there is sufficient demand.
Guanajuato Silver, Mexico
For 250 years, the Guanajuato Mining District of Mexico produced 20% of the world's silver. The old colonial city of Guanajuato (pop.100,000) is wedged in a narrow canyon in the Sierra de Guanajuato, at an average elevation of 6,750 feet.
Placer Gold in Arizona
Arizona is better-known for copper than for gold, but there are a number of dry placers in the western and southern parts of the state. A prolonged drought at the time of this writing has made the placers the driest they have been in recorded history. A good gold panner can find colors in many gulches and benches, far more than those that have been described in reports.
Over the Divide
Robert A. Sanregret
1930 - 1999
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The Bawl Mill
• Searching for a Paying Hardrock Deposit
• Kings Valley Project Hopes to Meet Lithium, Uranium Demand
• New Study on the Formation of Nuggets—Part I
• Over the Divide —Ronald Richard "Ron" Wendt
• Small-Scale Mining with a Dozer and Detectors
• Alaska and Nevada Continue to Lead the Pack
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre; The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Part III
• Looking Back
• Landowners See Potential Gold Mine in Uranium Ore
• Melman on Gold & Silver (2007 Year in Review)
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
