GPS Speeds Filing of Claims in Alaska

July 2000 by Staff

Canadian Company Recovers 1,111-Carat Diamond

December 2015
It is the second largest gem-quality diamond in history, after the 3,106-carat “Cullinan Diamond” was recovered in South Africa in 1905.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2009
Investors around the world are taking a good hard look at some of the emerging developments regarding dollar creation and are clearly having second thoughts about their dollar-denominated investments.

Higher Zinc Price Creates Opportunity

April 2005
Zinc is brittle and crystalline at ordinary temperatures, but when heated to between 110°C and 150°C it becomes ductile and malleable; it can then be rolled into sheets. The bluish-white metal is used principally for galvanizing iron, but also...

Crystallized Gold Mines of California

February 2022

Gold specimens that include visible crystal formations are among the rarest, most attractive and most valuable forms of gold to be found.

Success With A Detector

May 2008
I’m often asked, "What is the single most important skill to be successful at metal detecting?"

NMFS Official Admits Bogus ESA Analyses

January 2002
In its typical ham-handed approach to limiting government power, Congress specified that “critical habitat shall not include the entire geographical area which can be occupied by the threatened or endangered species”...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2012
• Partial win for miners
• California suction dredging
• Feds continue to push for more public lands
• Idaho suction dredging

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