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Global Warming—The Press Gets it Wrong, Our Report Doesn't Support the Kyoto Treaty
July 2001 by Richard S. Lindzen
The National Academy of Sciences released a report on climate change, prepared in response to a request from the White House, that was depicted in the press as an implicit endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol.Ask The Experts: Is an XRF gun useful for prospecting and mineral identification?
Q: I’ve thought about renting an XRF gun with gold specific software to use for exploration this spring.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Environmentalists are missing a golden opportunity
• Special-use authorization not needed
Letter to the Editor
Follow the chain of letters between everyday prospectors Robert and Lesa Barton of Oregon and Deputy Regional Forester Linda Goodman.
A Silver Opportunity
For any foot-loose prospector betting the price of silver goes up, there’s a promising piece of public land open for location in Nevada’s challenging Esmeralda County.
The Bawl Mill
• Our tax dollars at work, or not...
• Crafty robbers make another withdrawl
• Nebraska Governor earns our praise for saving taxpayer money
• State cries "wolf!"
• Let's end on an up note
Proper Assaying of Placer Samples
The whole purpose of sampling mineralized ground is to measure the values in a small volume of material that would be representative of a much larger volume of similar material. The key word is representative. Chemical and fire assaying will not accurately represent placer deposits by themselves.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Former Sunshine Miners Find Work in Montana
• CMA Conference Summary
• Uranium Deposits
• Washington Gold & Fish Update
• Prospecting for Diamonds: Is It a Diamond or Crystal Quartz?
• Basic Information About Gold Detectors
• Oil Seeps in Northern California
• Diamond Dealer Prevails in Congo
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: The Gold Bullion Mine
• Arizona's Border Silver Camps
• The Stonewall Jackson Mine, San Diego County, California
• Proposal Submitted for Lab at Homestake
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
