Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy

December 1999 by Guest Writer

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2008
Not being a psychiatrist, this writer is not aware of the specific term for a condition laymen refer to as “split personality.” However, whatever that term might be, it would be wholly appropriate for the news background during the past month. We were first subjected to one news story after another that suggested that our economic world was on a truly shaky foundation—and then, suddenly, we were “blessed” with a barrage of positive developments.

Hope Boy Finds Gem During Field Trip

July 2000
It's not THE Hope Diamond, but a half-carat yellow gem worth up to $700 will fit that bill for an elementary school student from, where else, Hope.

Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due

July 1999
For miners holding a mining claim, mill site or tunnel site on public lands, August 31, 1999 is the last day to meet the annual filing requirement and pay the $100 maintenance fee to the Bureau of Land Management.

Jim Butler's Political Career

August 1999
The Nevada Historical Society's "This Was Nevada" Series

Detecting Invisible Gold

April 2009
How to find gold with a metal detector: The technology certainly has improved quite a bit over the years, so when these owners are testing various types of gold on their machines and they find that some gold responds poorly or not at all...

The Bawl Mill

February 2014
• The dirty truth about clean energy
• By the numbers

New Regulations for Major Precious Metal Dealers

July 2005
The Bush administration, in its latest effort to nab drug lords and terror financiers, will require major dealers in gold, diamonds and other precious metals and gems to set up comprehensive programs to combat money laundering, announced the Treasury Department.

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