Looking Back

December 2006 by Staff

Blue Collar Prospector Goes Big In Eldorado County!

January 2024

Liberal Group Begins Push to Tax Mining in Nevada

January 2010
A Nevada liberal advocacy group is mounting a drive to get voters to back a ballot measure to collect more taxes from gold mining.

Taxes, Numbers & Mining

July 2010
The first step to finding the right tax professional requires an inventory of what you and your prospecting or mining operation actually need in the way of services and advice and, most importantly, how much you can afford to pay for that advice or service.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

September 2014

Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Sixteen to One Mine

April 2003
Manslaughter charges against the Original Sixteen to One Mine, company president Mike Miller, and manager Jonathan Farrell, were dismissed by Judge Stanley Young Jr. in Downieville, California.

Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part I

March 1999
On a beautiful day in 1971, my wife and I were scratching around some old miner's camp when I dug up a metal gold pan and thought I would try my hand at panning for gold. (mistake #1)

Hecla Fights Bad Actor Label in Montana

May 2018

Environmental groups last year urged Montana regulators to impose the bad actor designation, and now are seeking to intervene in the case.

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