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Hijackers Make Off With 660 Pounds of Gold
December 1999 by Associated Press
Ten heavily armed men hijacked a plane November 5th, making off with 660 lbs of gold worth an estimated $2.3 million...Legislative and Regulatory Update
- New Deputy Secretary of Interior
- Case against dredger allowed to proceed
Melman on Gold & Silver
Fundamental information on gold and silver turned more to the bullish side this past month, and we can point to three particular items as the basis for that conclusion.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Occupancy rules discussed
• Comment period open for small-scale mining and dredging in Oregon
The Bawl Mill
• The third time is a charm
• Haunted by his past...
• This call will (not) be monitored for security purposes...
Family Sues US Mint for Return of Rare Gold Coins
In a federal lawsuit, a family claims the US Mint illegally seized 10 gold coins that the family had found among a dead relative’s possessions.
A Profitable Approach—Financing Mineral Exploration With Oil & Gas Projects

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The Bawl Mill
• Over the Divide
• Our Readers Say
• Desert Phone Trashed
• ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999
• Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ
• Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy
• The Search Continues
• Guest Editorial: U.S. Government—Like Nobody's Business
• Circulation and Collections Manager Leaving ICMJ
• Company Notes
• House Chair Requests Records on Forest Decision
• BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land
• Silverton Preserving Lofty Symbol of Mining Era
• Prospecting With a Magnetometer
• 1999 Tables of Content
• Lighting the Way Underground 1860-1940s
• Millie's Tailings
• Picks & Pans: Crevicing & Sniping for Placer Gold
• Looking Back
• Gold in Sonora
• Forest Service Boss Quits in Bull Trout Flap
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• European Gold Miners Seek Clarification Letter
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite
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