Idaho Silver Miners Come to Aid of Tsunami Victims

March 2005 by Paul Boring

Nevada Creates Mining Claim Tax to Balance Budget

April 2010
The loss of exploration monies that provide jobs and eventually lead to new mines may well cost the state far more in the long run than the new fees will raise.

Picks & Pans: Miner Finds Heart of Gold

August 2004
We started planning for this trip last year, after we left Ganes Creek, Alaska, and headed back to civilization. I found 4.75 ounces of very nice nuggets and the group had a total of 47.47 ounces  for the week.

Over the Divide

July 2014
Charles L. Butler
1920 - 2014

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2015
• SB 637
• Public land users cry "fowl"

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

September 2012

Directory of Active Mines in Arizona Available

January 2003
The Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources has released the Directory of Active Mines in Arizona, 2001-2002.

Montana's Virginia City Has Golden Legacy

December 2001
The discovery of gold at Alder Creek, centrally located in Madison County, Montana, was unusually well documented, with the date and time placed at May 26th, 1863, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. A group of six miners had been searching the area with little luck until the leader, Bill Fairweather, spotted an exposed area of promising bedrock. He dug up a shovel full of dirt and put it in Henry Edgar’s pan for washing. About the same time that Edgar was busy washing out the pan, Fairweather was poking around the bedrock with his pocketknife. Both spotted the color of gold at once.

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill   • $100 Million Lost on Faulty ESA Listing   • Geologists Locate Giant Gemstones   • Miner Wins Important Victory Against Forest Service   • Philippines Asks Foreigners to Invest in Mining   • The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part IV—Recovery of Coarse Gold From Alluvial Placers   • Healthy Interest at Recent Vancouver Conferences   • Picks & Pans: In Search of a Vein: Looking for Hardrock in the Talkeetna Mountains   • Researchers Trace History of Hope Diamond   • The "Rip-Roaring" Flood That Washed Out Mazuma, Nevada   • Looking Back   • Resolution Copper Mine, Arizona   • Company Notes   • China Ups Investment in Foreign Minerals   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

Free:
Legislative and Regulatory Update