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Melman on Gold & Silver
October 2004 by Leonard Melman
The world received a sad reminder of just how dangerous and threatening terrorism has become as more than three hundred people—most of them children—died when Russian troops and police stormed a school that had been taken over by terrorist rebels from the breakaway province of Chechnya in the Russian city of Beslan. This act was followed almost immediately by the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Indonesia with nine dead in that attack. And, if mankind’s craziness wasn’t enough...Additional articles that might interest you...
Natural Gold Alloys
March 2014
Natural gold is never 100% pure; all natural nuggets contain at least some impurities. We're going to take a look at just what some of those impurities might be.

Mining Deaths Drop Overall in 2000
February 2001
Fatal injuries at mining operations in the United States last year decreased nearly six percent from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the US Department of Labor’s Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Fatal injuries at mining operations in the United States last year decreased nearly six percent from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the US Department of Labor’s Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
November 2004
Using Legal Subdivision
May 2001
“Legal Subdivision” is a method used to describe various tracts of land, including most placer mining claims. Anyone wanting to research mining claims in order to find “open ground,” for the purpose of prospecting and/or locating a mining claim, will need to know how to use this tool.
“Legal Subdivision” is a method used to describe various tracts of land, including most placer mining claims. Anyone wanting to research mining claims in order to find “open ground,” for the purpose of prospecting and/or locating a mining claim, will need to know how to use this tool.
Melman on Gold & Silver
November 2015
We have been concerned for some time about the growing roster of laws, rules and regulations under which the entire industrial complex must operate…
We have been concerned for some time about the growing roster of laws, rules and regulations under which the entire industrial complex must operate…
Ancestral Yuba River Placer Gold Deposits
November 2020
The small-scale miner has reasonable opportunity to exploit some of these small, rich placer gold deposits.
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The Bawl Mill
• Update: Forest Service Interim Rule
• VMS Deposits in Central Arizona
• The Guyana Highlands
• Prospecting with a VLF-Type Gold Detector
• Freegold Ventures' Golden Summit Project
• Picks & Pans: Working the Crevices
• Molybdenum
• 2004 California State Gold Panning Championships
• Company Notes
• Why Environmental Groups Prefer Kerry
• The French Mines of El Boleo
• Looking Back
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices