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Legislative and Regulatory Update
May 2010 by Scott Harn
• DOI backs mill sites• Arizona goes to bat for miners
• Battles continue in California
• Climate change legislation
Melman on Gold & Silver
One of the consequences of the weakening economy and the sharp declines in NASDAQ securities was a sudden weakening of the US Dollar (see chart of D-Mark). As investors began to pull their funds out of the US and return the funds to their native lands, this resulted in sales of the dollar, reducing it in value.
Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part IV Geology of Hardrock Gold Deposits
Geologic processes can either concentrate or disperse gold and other elements from adjacent rocks. It is the results of the concentration processes that the prospector is most interested in.
The Goldfield Mining District, Nevada—Part I
An example of some of this extraordinary ore was a lot of about four tons from the Florence mine during the last days of a lease that averaged over 300 ounces of gold per ton.
The Jenkins Mine Project—The Golden Rules of Science
I wasn’t so hot in science class as a kid, and I’m regretting spending most of that time in class catching up on sleep or daydreaming about being a big league ball player. Never in a million years would I have guessed that science...
Ask The Experts—Amalgamation
Q: Exactly how does amalgamation work? Does it “melt” the gold (or copper, or silver, etc.) and form an alloy? If one leaves a piece of gold in mercury, will the entire sample become an amalgam (combination) of gold and mercury? Or does it only affect the surface...
Picks & Pans: Gold Recovery in Placer Mining Operations
Two of the major factors affecting the profitability of a placer mining enterprise are the relative efficiency of the mining equipment, and the rate and percentage of recovery obtained while conducting mining operations.
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• Ask The Experts: How to handle gold in cyanide; how to sample a platinum deposit
• Prospecting for Hardrock Gold - "Eureka!" (Part III)
• Gold Prospecting in Maine - Part II
• American Manganese
• Detecting for Gold in Australia
• Investors Take a Shine to Platinum, Palladium
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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Metals Trader Blows the Whistle on Gold & Silver Price Manipulation
• Oregon Requires Permit for Hand Sluicing
• California Water Board Tries to Restrict Dredging
