Gold Near Boulder, Colorado

July 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Prospecting Adventures—Pure Gold

June 2008
I often wonder if I would have felt the same about gold prospecting if my father had introduced me to it at a young age. Would I have the same passion and fascination that I do now? How much further along the learning curve would I be if...

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 2010
Few young people growing up today realize the fact that for the majority of its existence, the United States of America was a creditor nation, not a debtor nation. Other countries were indebted to America, not the other way around. However, that began to change...

Metal Detecting Within the Cordillera for Gold Placers Associated With Tertiary Epithermal Ore Deposits

January 2001
This is a follow-up article to “Epithermal Ore Deposits...” published in the December 2000 issue. Related tables and maps were included with the previous article. If you did not receive the December issue you can still view the previously published maps on our web site by clicking on “January 2001 Featured Article.”—Editor

Dredging The Outside Bend

July 2011
This stringer was where it was not supposed to be, and it contained nuggets that were not supposed to be there.

Shortage of Mining Engineers Projected

February 2005
As decade-high gold and silver prices spark a renewed interest in mining in the West, there are few mining education programs and fewer students earning mining engineering degrees due to two decades of decline in the US mining industry.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

July 2002
• Celebrities take over hearing, and at least one senator is fed up
• Ruling Upholds EPA's authority to address Garcia River, other waterways polluted by runoff
• US Supreme Court: Sokaogon Chippewa can set water standard
• 1872 Mining Law under attack
• Waiting for a decision about 43CFR 3809

Silver Mining Returning to Texas

April 2011
Today, a Canadian company is reviving the mine to take advantage of silver prices that have tripled since 2009, giving the few dozen residents still living in the area more action than they’ve seen in decades.

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