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Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives
September 2010 by Scott Harn
Hardrock mining in the US has been hit by a tragic streak of mining accidents in recent months.How to Stake Your Own Mining Claims—Part II
I’d like to offer some practical comments about staking and maintaining mining claims. Owning your own claim is the dream of many prospectors. I’ve made good money off my mining claims, both from the minerals I have found on them as well as from leasing out some of my claims to larger mining and exploration companies.
Copper Mine Opening in Utah
A second copper mine is opening in Utah with prices for the metal at their highest in a decade.
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Centrifugal bowls versus jigs
The Bawl Mill
• Inspectors inspect inspector general?
• Mishandling of funds in Iraq
• Has anyone seen my keys?
A Test Grid Dredged for Gold Values
The evaluation must also consider the gold fineness or purity. The purity of the Sugardaddy nuggets is estimated at 850 fineness, meaning 85% is gold (Au), 12% is silver (Ag) with 3% being other gangue alloyed metal.
The Bawl Mill
• New Congress is off to a good start
• It’s all about connections...
• The numbers speak for themselves...
Future of Mining in Bolivia Uncertain
The miners offer the still-beating hearts of four freshly-sacrificed llamas to a statue of the fiendish god “El Tio,” who they believe affords them protection and good luck.
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
• The Jenkins Mine Project Pt II: Terrain and Map Study
• Search Called Off for Missing Treasure Hunters
• Glacial Gold in the Midwest
• Hardrock Prospecting in El Dorado County, California
• Gold & Silver of the Comstock Lode
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Forest Service Pays Miners $245K for Unlawful Destruction of Mine
