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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...Thinking Outside The Creek
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.
Utah's Crescent Creek Placers
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.
Our Readers Say
• Re: "Designation of Critical Habitat Provides Little Additional Protection to Species"
• Re: "Fair and Balanced? If You Have the Cash"
• Re: "The Joy of Prospecting"
• Re: "Texas Hill Country Gold"
Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park is located 4 miles southeast of Murfreesboro, Arkansas...in an area of low hills, about a half-mile north of the Little Missouri River. The region receives 45 inches of rain per year, enough to support pine-oak forests. The diamond-bearing area stands out as grasslands surrounded by forests.
Hardrock in Downieville
A recent weekend trip found us leaving the Grass Valley, California area to meet up with some friends in Downieville.
Ask the Experts
• How many parts per million make a project viable?
Small Miner Beats Forest Service in Court
Thomas Tierney has been a long-time subscriber to ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal and has read about the many battles between miners and overzealous regulators. Then he faced his own battle.
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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
