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Looking Back
November 2005 by Staff
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.Modern-Day Claim Jumping
We soon found that our discovery post and other claim markers were gone and replaced with new posts and a notice of location with an earlier date than had been on our notice of location.
The Bawl Mill
• New Congress is off to a good start
• It’s all about connections...
• The numbers speak for themselves...
Melman on Gold & Silver
Unfortunately, death seemed to occupy a major role in recent major headlines—and it came in several different directions.
Mining Journal Receives Honor
For the 20th consecutive year, ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal was voted “Prospecting Magazine of the Year”...
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Uranium Deposits
The first reported occurrence of uranium in the United States was at Central City, Colorado, in 1871. However, prior to 1922, the ore was mined for its radium content, not uranium.
A Changing Diamond Industry Looks to Canada for Growth
Robert Gannicott speaks in almost spiritual tones about the position his small Canadian diamond company holds and the forces—both natural and economic—that put it there.
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The Bawl Mill
• The Price of Gold—Where It’s Headed and Why
• Mining Companies Competing for Labor
• Sam, the Tenderfoot Prospector
• Placer Gold in Russia
• The Rampart Goldfields, Alaska
• Tales of California Gold Discoveries 3rd in a Series—Bloody Nick The Miner
• Company Notes
• Miners Rally Successful
• Venezuela’s Chavez Halts Mining Projects
• Metal-Mineral Identification Utilizing a Detector
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Montana Lawmakers Want Economic Review of New Mining Rule







