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Gemstones
October 1999 by Guest Writer
by Ronald F. BalazikExcerpted from USGS Mineral Industry Survey's 1998 Annual Review
Teenager Finds Large Nugget
Fourteen-year-old Jacob Hopkins and his father Mike headed out like they do most weekends, to do a little fishing and hunt for gold.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Critical minerals obtain national security status
• Idaho to take over EPA permitting
The Bawl Mill
- Those “dog-gone” fraud charges
- Fake news
Spreading the Fever
Our staff recently introduced the entire student body at Twin Lakes Christian School in Aptos, California, to gold fever. More than a few seemed to catch it.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Changes to influential House committees
• Supreme Court may review ESA
• Suit filed to block Kensington
• Exploration incentive proposed in Wyoming
• Montana bill LC1058
Melman on Gold & Silver
One of my favorite sayings has always been, “Do as I say, not as I do.” Perhaps that old adage could be applied to Alan Greenspan and the actions of the Federal Reserve of late. They are telling us that the economy is not in bad shape; that we are not in or headed to recession and that new strength is just around the bend. They are acting as if there is a looming catastrophe.
Government to Buy New World Mine Claims
A conservation group said it has an agreement to purchase nearly 1,500 acres of private mining claims northeast of Yellowstone National Park.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• The Economy, The Environment and Equity
• Carrizozo Lava Older Than Once Thought
• Montana Mining Association Raising Cash
• GATA Releases Open Letter to the Press
• WANTED: Mining Poets, Singers & Storytellers
• BLM Proposed Rule Making Affects Mining Claims
• Company Notes
• Mining Battle Case Under Advisement
• Sutro Tunnel a Big Draw
• Picks & Pans: Prospecting for Lode Gold
• The Search for Specimen (Pocket) Gold in the California Mother Lode
• Dry Lakes in Nevada
• A Hairsbreadth from Death
• Special Suction Dredge Permits in Jeopardy
• Cartwrights Celebrate 40 Years in Nevada
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
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