Looking Back

May 2001 by Staff

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2001
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.

Brighter Days Ahead Reports Nevada Mining Association

October 2003
A new report predicts brighter days for mining in Nevada if the price of gold maintains at current levels.

California Wilderness Coalition and The Nature Conservancy Recruit Government Employees to Carry Out Huge Land Grab

May 2002
US Geological Survey, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and California State Employees Attend Environmental Extremist Conference.

Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices

August 2011

Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon—Part I

February 2011
Rocks and minerals associated with clay seam gold deposits in southern Oregon are often in sedimentary rock units at least partially metamorphosed into argillite. They are also associated with mafic volcanic rocks, basalts and gabbro that...

The Bawl Mill

November 2002
• “Dole”ing out spam
• Martinis with the Mayor
• FBI is afraid of a mouse
• Politically and fashionably correct

Catastrophism vs. Uniformitarianism

November 1999
Man has always wondered how the Earth was created, and how oceans, mountains, and other features were formed. However, until the last 200 years, most phenomena were explained by means of legends, superstitions, or religion. It is still that way in many parts of the world.

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