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GATA Launches Investigation into Gold Price Manipulation
June 1999 by Associated Press
Noted antitrusts and securities law firm specialist, Berger & Montague of Philadelphia, has been retained by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) in order to assist in its investigation into the alleged manipulation of the gold market.
What's Left Behind
I love to see old-timer workings while I am out detecting for gold. For one thing, it assures me that gold came from there. Second, it tells me gold should almost certainly still be there.
Strategic Metals—Part I
A bill was introduced and passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year that should make the exploration and opening of a mining operation faster and easier.
Abbey Confirmed As BLM Director
Bob Abbey, former state director of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, was confirmed as national director of the agency.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Rock Creek mine approved again: environmentalists file another lawsuit
• Great Basin Mine Watch losing appeal
• Roadless Rule declared illegal again by Federal Court
• Off-highway vehicle restrictions in North and South Dakota and Montana
• Comments needed for new off-road emission and fuel standards
• California administration moves to block mining; governor faces recall
• A few pending bills...
Metal-Mineral Identification Utilizing a Detector
Seldom is a metal detector used for ore sampling today. Nevertheless, this procedure still works as all BFO and VLF detectors have a non-conductive mineral zone and a conductive metal zone with a neutral null zone between them.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We are now seeing declines in gold followed quickly by rallies to new relative highs while powerful stock market rallies are met with aggressive new selling. Whether this pattern will continue into the future is debatable, but it certainly is a welcome background for the much-battered world of precious metals investing.
MCS Index Shows Decrease in Mining Costs
The latest Mining Cost Service (MCS) Cost indexes, released on February 26 by Western Mine Engineering, Inc., display a hint of a silver lining in the cloud hanging over the U.S. Mining Industry.
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The Bawl Mill
• 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
• Congressional Request to EPA: "Leave Our Kids Alone!"
• 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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