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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.Ask The Experts
What are the steps for filing a mining claim?
The Goldhill Mining District
Following the initial discovery of gold in North Carolina in 1799 on the Reed Plantation in Cabarrus County, gold was found in about 1842 in Rowan County at a locality that soon acquired the name Gold Hill.
MMAC & PLP Update
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Changes to influential House committees
• Supreme Court may review ESA
• Suit filed to block Kensington
• Exploration incentive proposed in Wyoming
• Montana bill LC1058
Mining Expedition at Eagle Rock—Part I
We spent the winter and spring months obtaining all of the prospecting and camping gear that would be needed to sustain the five of us for 14 days on the river.
Follow the Line
Four nuggets, ranging from one to four pennyweight, had been found originally. All four nuggets were found in a line about ten feet apart from each other.
Potaro District, Guyana
Guyana is a former British colony on the north coast of South America. The capital, Georgetown (pop. 250,000), is 2,200 miles southeast of Miami. The country is 83,000 square miles in area, depending on who does the counting.
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The Bawl Mill
• Searching for a Paying Hardrock Deposit
• 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
• Looking Back
• Landowners See Potential Gold Mine in Uranium Ore
• Feds Raid “Liberty Dollar” Headquarters
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
