Melman on Gold & Silver

July 2000 by Leonard Melman

Alaska Miners to Sue Department of Interior

February 2001
The Alaska Miners Association announced that it will sue the Department of Interior to set aside Solicitor John Leshy’s “midnight” regulations designed to drive the mining industry out of business in Alaska.

Gold Trader, Employee Charged with Wife’s Killing

October 2008
A wealthy gold trader was charged with paying one of his workers to arrange the stabbing death of the businessman’s estranged wife...

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2001
One of the consequences of the weakening economy and the sharp declines in NASDAQ securities was a sudden weakening of the US Dollar (see chart of D-Mark). As investors began to pull their funds out of the US and return the funds to their native lands, this resulted in sales of the dollar, reducing it in value.

Prospecting With a Detector: Lessons Learned

November 2012
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.

Prospecting for Nickel Deposits

November 2010
The periodic exploration efforts for nickel during periods of high prices have been sporadic and incomplete. There is a role for the prospector and geologist in searching laterites potentially rich in nickel and mafic igneous bodies that may be rich in nickel.

Looking Back

June 1999
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Ask The Experts

November 2015
• When geologists and old-timers have conflicting views.

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