Looking Back

October 1999 by Staff

The Bawl Mill

September 2015

• Third time is not a charm

• TSA report “bares all” about effectiveness of body scanning equipment

A Few Pointers About Cracks and Crevices

October 2013
Because these crevices catch and hold gold so well, it's worthwhile to learn how they form, which ones are good for catching gold and which ones are not.

Lower Prices Bring Layoffs

August 2013
The extensive cost reductions now being put in place are not just a short-term reaction to the recent drop in gold prices...

Newmont Welcomes Release of Executives

December 2004
Newmont Mining welcomed the release of five executives who were being detained in Indonesia over claims that the company polluted Buyat Bay in central Indonesia.

Permit Appears Likely for Rock Creek Mine

October 2001
The final environmental review for a proposed mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness appears, after 14 years, to favor allowing the hotly disputed mine to proceed.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2011
• Refunds coming to Nevada claimholders
• More wilderness proposed
• Forest Service planning rule

Our Readers Say

October 1999
• "...the small miner and prospector has lost one of their greatest friends."
• "As a taxpayer, I have to wonder what kind of fantasy land our government regulatory employees and managers live in."
• " ... this 'batty' line of reasoning was ludicrous."

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