Geologist's Search for PGMs Leads to Mining Venture

December 2004 by Leonard Melman

Melman on Gold & Silver

March 2002
Who would have thought it possible? According to a New York Times editorial in late January, they predict that the terrorist attack on September 11 will not be remembered by historians as the most significant event of the last half of 2001. Their new choice is the collapse of corporate giant Enron—and they just may be right.

Sage-Grouse Listing Denied

February 2005
The federal government decided not to add the greater sage-grouse to the list of endangered species. A listing would certainly have resulted in countless new restrictions across the Western states.

Asarco Accepts Phelps Dodge Buyout

November 1999
Asarco Inc. accepted a sweetened buyout offer from Phelps Dodge Corp., setting up a three-way, $2.9 billion deal that will make Phelps Dodge the world's largest copper producer.

The Klamath Oldland

September 2004
The Klamath Mountain province includes a number of separate mountain ranges, such as the Bully Choop, Marble, Salmon, Siskiyou, Trinity Alps, and Yolla Bolly, among others. They are collectively referred to as the “Klamath Mountains” in this article.

Feds Sue California over Sales of Public Lands

May 2018

They cited concerns that the Trump administration would allow more logging, oil drilling, mining or development on some of the 46 million acres controlled by the federal government in California.

Evaluating a Placer Discovery

March 2000
Gold mineralization is usually first noted in an area by examining material weathered from the source and liberated or washed downhill from it.

Ask The Experts—Inconsistent fire assays

November 2011
Q: ...He consistently comes up with values much higher on the same ore samples.

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