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Melman on Gold & Silver
February 2001 by Leonard Melman
Seldom, if ever, have we witnessed as much financial upheaval or as rapid a change in sentiment as we saw in the first two trading days of the year...The Bawl Mill
• Too early to build the crusher?
• Time for small mine exemptions
• Should I be checking the culverts for gold?
The Wisdom of Mark Twain—And Tales of Cheating the Unwary Prospector
I (enjoy) Twain’s description of a gold mine, “A hole in the ground with a liar at the top.” Some humor here? You bet, but I’m sure he meant it to be a real eye opener as well.
PLP Update
…a half-dozen dredgers have completed the appropriate paperwork and are conducting dredging operations at this juncture. They hope to expand these efforts to other western states in the near future.
The Ups and Downs of Nugget Hunting

Siskiyou National Forest Update
For the past two years, miners in southwest Oregon have been bombarded by one attack on mining after another.
A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part V (Conclusion)
This is the primary geological and mineral assessment agency in the US. Part of the Department of the Interior, the Geological Survey, often just called “The Survey” or USGS, has been in business since its founding in the 1800s. This means you can obtain publications all way the back to the early days of the survey...
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• The King Has No Clothes
• GATA Update
• Clean Fuel, Cleaner Air
• Gold Miners Become Tungsten Miners
• Mining Deaths Drop Overall in 2000
• History of Oil in California
• VCIs for Environmentally Safe Maintenance
• Picks & Pans: Dredging on the Arkansas
• Placer Gold in Washington
• Alaska Miners to Sue Department of Interior
• Oregon's Measure 7 May Provide Compensation for Land-Use Restrictions
• Company Notes
• Environment-Friendly Dredging
• Legacy of the Wandering Jew Mine
• Babbitt Wants Moratorium in Siskiyou National Forest
• Gem Discoveries Sought in North Carolina Field
• Greaterville, Arizona
• Identifying Gold Ores
• Looking Back
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices