Looking Back

March 2005 by Staff

Border Silver

January 2003
There is a sizable area that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border where native silver occurs in shear zones at relatively shallow depths. The district is in the low but rugged Pajarito Mountains, the highest point of which is 5,838 feet at Cerro Ruido, on the Mexican side. The deceptively rough terrain forced the first border surveyors, in 1855, to kill several mules and horses because of their injuries.

NASCAR Driver Turns Prospector

June 2009
When he’s not searching for improvements on the track, the affable driver is prospecting for gold across the United States.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

January 2000

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

September 2001

Melman on Gold & Silver

September 2011
What gives this illustration great importance is America may be facing the same kind of dilemmas that have brought Japan’s market such long-term grief.

Searching for Gold at Paradise Valley, Alaska

March 2008
There are lots of stories about the big gold found in Alaska, but where does a prospector get the idea that it’s something the every day gold miner might get involved in? One must understand that the quest for gold in the mid-1800s brought...

The Bawl Mill

July 2010
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• Seven experts...and a little bit of editing
• November can’t get here soon enough

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