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Greens Force Strategic Mine Out of Business
March 2002 by Don Fife
Communist China Now Controls Supply of Rare MineralsUsing Google Earth and Other Maps
Last month, one of our readers requested an article regarding the possible use of Google Earth for prospecting research. It was a good idea, so here it is.
Melman on Gold & Silver
This collection of positives augurs well for strengthening worldwide industrial activity leading to upward price pressures and eventually rising inflationary expectations—all of which have historically positive implications for gold and silver...
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- Brother, can you spare a cell phone?
- Houston, we have a drug problem...
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Raises Harassment of Miners to a New Level

The Potholes—California’s Oldest Known Mining District
Every time we prospected here we found gold, sometimes some really coarse flakes, but no large nuggets (yet).
Guest Editorial—Globalizing Mining in America, Part II
Defeating the Biodiversity Treaty
Melman on Gold & Silver
To paraphrase the great Sir Winston Churchill, it would appear that, “Never have so many been so happy about so much!” Investors in stocks are happy; investors in gold are happy; investors in commodities, real estate, government bonds and even airline and utility stocks are happy. Productivity is growing; inflation appears to be diminishing and...
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