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Melman on Gold & Silver
July 1999 by Leonard Melman
Clearly, the single-most important reason for the latest decline in gold is the recently announced auctions by the British Central Bank. However, other news stories this past month also had negative implications for the yellow metal.How to Utilize Assays and Evaluate Results
Ask the lab manager how your ores will be tested, and ask to see the equipment that will be used. If you are told it’s a secret that can’t be explained, you need another assayer.
Chinese Buy Out Australian Miners
Some Australian lawmakers object to allowing Chinese government companies to buy mining assets that they say are a cornerstone of Australia’s economy.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• The next step towards implementing the Wildlands Project
• Former timber lobbyist named to oversee Forest Service
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Gateway Gold and Jerritt Canyon
Northern Nevada is prime mining territory. In fact, no state has been as mining-friendly as the Silver State and, as a result, mining has made important contributions to that state’s economic development.
The Ups and Downs of Geologic Faults
Faults are fractures, breaks and broken zones in the Earth’s crust where one side of the break has moved relative to the other, and they come in many different varieties.
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• How do I clean up gold encrusted with iron-sulfides?
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• Recreational Gold Panning on the South Yuba River
• Groups Wonder Meaning of Call for More Wilderness
• Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due
• Desert Bonanza
• Gold Near Boulder, Colorado
• Company Notes
• The Carissa Gold Mine, South Pass, Wyoming—A Sleeper?
• Tantalum
• Building the American Dream
• Picks & Pans: A Pay Streak in Slate
• Elizabethtown: Uncovering a Buried California Mining Community
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• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Silver Demand Driving Mine Production Up—Mexico Remains Number One Producer
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