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Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2006 by Scott Harn
• Election fallout• Bad news in Bolivia
Prospecting Underground: Use Caution
In underground placer work, the contact point of the bedrock tunnel and the gravel is a very weak point and always has to be timbered. The bedrock here is thin, fractured, and the gravels loose from many years of oxidizing.
Round Mountain, Nevada
There are a number of veins in the disseminated mineralization, but the principle ones on Round Mountain are known as the Los Gazabo and the Keane.
Mining Investment—Or Fraud?
The rapid fall of the stock market created a situation in which investors not only pulled back from traditional equities, assuming dot coms are traditional investments, but many recent arrivals in the world’s...
Trash! A Hindrance Or Hot Spot For Hidden Gold?
I love it when I am in the middle of a high trash area and all the ferrous bars go away, the screen number goes to a three or an eight, and the meter is forty to a hundred. I don’t know for sure that I have found gold, but it narrows the odds down.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Conformation for some
• Congress canceling regulations
San Diego County Tourmaline
San Diego County, California, has long been considered the finest source of pink tourmaline in the world. The Pala, Mesa Grande, Rincon, and Ramona districts in the northern portion of the county have produced tourmaline, kunzite, and other gems in great quantities, much of it jewelry and museum-quality specimens.
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The Bawl Mill
• Researching and Staking Mining Claims
• The Goodnews Bay Platinum Fields
• Special Rock
• The Business of Mining: Cars, Trucks and Tax Deductions
• The Kern River Gold Rush
• Finding Gold in Mokelumne River Canyon
• Important Court Cases
• Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
• Market Spotlight: Platinum in Demand
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
• Looking Back
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