ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999

December 1999 by Staff

Ask the Experts

July 2013
Q: Is there a special name for this silver and copper alloy?

Picks & Pans: George Duffy Jr.—Pocket Miner Extraordinaire

September 2004
During the Miocene and Pliocene mid-Tertiary Epochs, the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts within parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona became the source—the genesis—of ubiquitous epithermal “precious metal” fissure-gold veins associated with extensive acidic volcanic lava flows that blanketed much of the Cordillera during this time.

Gold in Texas

October 2001
There are numerous legends involving “lost” Spanish mines and treasures in central Texas, some of which have actually been found. The most famous mine, which remains lost, is the San Saba.

Melman on Gold & Silver

August 2015
Next, all of silver’s chart action since   mid-2011 has taken place under a declining trend line (dotted line), which has held for more than four years. Any trendline of that duration must be taken seriously.

Benton’s Rich Silver

October 2008
Prospectors looking for the next Comstock Lode tried mining for silver in the Benton Hot Springs area in California in 1862. On a ridge southeast of the town, they found what they were looking for—rich hornsilver.

Colorado Considers Gold & Silver Currency

March 2012
Worried that the US dollar may not be good as gold, some Colorado lawmakers are pushing a bill to legalize gold and silver coins as usable currency.

Golden Hope's Bellechasse Gold Project

December 2009
In terms of providing a high level of support for mining enterprises, the province of Quebec ranks among the elite governmental jurisdictions in North America, and it is within this province that a Canadian junior mining company...

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