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Melman on Gold & Silver (2007 Year in Review)
December 2007 by Leonard Melman
While housing remained in its confirmed downtrend, another growing problem began to get some serious ink, namely the developing feed grain shortages combined with food price inflation. The combination of growing demand, steadily diminishing farmlands and new set-asides of grains for ethanol began to bite hard and it appears that the food price inflation story is only just beginning.MMAC & PLP Update
…what I’d like to focus on in this update is the assistance they provided to a suction gold dredger in Idaho being harassed by an environmental group.
Cerro Colorado Silver, Arizona
It was the first mine developed by Americans in the Cadsden Purchase of 1853. A number of small near-surface mines had been operated by Spaniards and Mexicans in the region prior to the arrival of Americans, going back as far as 1740.
More Gold Recovered Off Florida Coast
Eleven treasure-laden ships that made up the 1715 Fleet were heading to Spain from Havana on July 31, 1715, when they encountered a hurricane off Florida’s central coast.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have heard much “tough talk” through the years regarding reining in the regulatory excesses of government agencies in the past, but little action has followed those words. Perhaps we will finally see a genuine move away from excessive regulation.
Prospecting My Way Across Australia Pt I
After contributing to the total, I am proud to claim my share of Ray’s patch. In total, we got almost an ounce of gold from the schist where it seems to have been formed.
Placer Gold in Arizona
Arizona is better-known for copper than for gold, but there are a number of dry placers in the western and southern parts of the state. A prolonged drought at the time of this writing has made the placers the driest they have been in recorded history. A good gold panner can find colors in many gulches and benches, far more than those that have been described in reports.
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• Kings Valley Project Hopes to Meet Lithium, Uranium Demand
• New Study on the Formation of Nuggets—Part I
• Over the Divide —Ronald Richard "Ron" Wendt
• Small-Scale Mining with a Dozer and Detectors
• Alaska and Nevada Continue to Lead the Pack
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre; The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Part III
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