Looking Back

March 2005 by Staff

Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices

January 2007

Melman on Gold & Silver

August 1999
...we are beginning to believe that there is a Grinch out there who steals every rally away from the gold market! There is almost no other explanation for what is going on.

Tucson Mountain Chaos

January 2005
The Tucson Mountains are immediately west of Tucson, in southern Arizona, and include residential areas of the city. The highest peak, Wasson (Amole) Peak, reaches 4,687 feet. It is part of the great Basin-Range physiographic province, characterized by fault-block mountain ranges separated by broad desert valleys.

Time to File Claims in Southern California

December 2015
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!

Beryllium in Utah

June 2002
Much of the world’s supply of beryllium is mined by Brush-Wellman, Inc., at Spor Mountain, Utah. The district is in a harsh desert environment which receives only 6 inches of precipitation a year, barely enough to support scrubby desert growth.

Gold Rush Ship Uncovered in San Francisco

October 2001
Workers at a hotel construction site uncovered a Gold Rush-era ship that had been buried for decades under the streets of the city’s Financial District.

Melman on Gold & Silver

September 2003
After months of war news, rising unemployment, declining economic activity and heightened world tensions, the news background took a decided turn for the better last month—at least on the surface. The war in Iraq has died down to only an occasional moderate outburst. Tensions between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors appear to be on the decline. New unemployment claims have fallen and...

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