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Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

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Resolution Copper Mine, Arizona


The Resolution copper mine is near Superior, Arizona (population 3,500), along the west side of the Pinal Mountains in central Arizona, 64 miles east of downtown Phoenix. The region receives about 16 inches of rain per year, enough to support chaparral vegetation.

Melman on Gold & Silver


Seldom in the 22 years we have been writing in this space have we ever seen a parade of such important events pass along the world’s newswires and print media.

Bill to Allow Mining of Coeur d'Alene Basin


A state House committee supported legislation sponsored by Rep. Dick Harwood that would allow state mining leases for tailings and dumps, which Idaho law currently prohibits.

A Word from the Editor


You may recall seeing the Treasure Hawk Mine cleanup project featured in the August 2000 issue of ICMJ...

Michigan DEQ Approves Upper Peninsula Mine


The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved permits allowing Kennecott Minerals, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to operate a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.

Picks & Pans: Red Mountain Planted Nugget Hunt


While there are many ways to conduct a planted nugget hunt, this article describes one way that several mining associations can get together and sponsor such an event. In this hunt, the Antelope Valley Treasure Hunter Society’s claim in the Randsburg Mining District was used as the huntfield. It was chosen because...

Ophir—Possibly the Best Kept Secret in Alaska—Part II


I knew the nuggets got into the nugget patch somehow, I just had to figure out how and from what direction they came.

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