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For a Few Specks of Gold
June 2006 by Associated Press
The gold at the Ruby Hill Mine is microscopic, specks of specks that amount to a few ounces in every 100 tons of rock. It is embedded hundreds of feet beneath the rocky floor of the high desert, tawny and stubbled with sagebrush, toothy ridges dusted with snow.NAS Agrees to Review Superfund Science
The National Academy of Sciences has taken a step toward reviewing a proposed cleanup plan in Idaho.
Gold in Guyana—Part II: Process Optimization at Sacre Coeur Minerals' Lower Puruni Alluvial Mining Project
In Part Two of my two-part series I describe the mechanized alluvial gold mining operation on the lower Puruni River launched by Sacre Coeur Minerals in 2011.
Rare Silver Nuggets And Their Origins
Silver nuggets have been described as “ultra-rare,” “prized” and “unique.” Naturally occurring silver nuggets are rare enough to suggest caution when purchasing. Fakes have reportedly been produced and misrepresented for sale as genuine specimens.
Ask The Experts
• Determining the amount of gold in a specimen
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Interior considers huge withdrawal in Arizona
• Travel Management Plans
• Roadless Rule has nine lives
Round Mountain, Nevada
There are a number of veins in the disseminated mineralization, but the principle ones on Round Mountain are known as the Los Gazabo and the Keane.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Endangered Species Act update
• California Fish & Game tries yet another route to stop gold dredgers
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• The Livengood-Tolovana Mining District
• Miners Rescued After Two Weeks
• Mining Firms Uneasy Over Bolivia
• Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget
• China to Set Up Strategic Reserves
• Mongolia Tax May Chase Off Investment
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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