Millie's Tailings

February 2000 by Carolyn Dobbs

Gold in Guyana—Part II: Process Optimization at Sacre Coeur Minerals' Lower Puruni Alluvial Mining Project

August 2012
In Part Two of my two-part series I describe the mechanized alluvial gold mining operation on the lower Puruni River launched by Sacre Coeur Minerals in 2011.

Fraser Institute Ranks Best Regions for Mining Investment

March 2004
Attractive geology does not guarantee mining investment if a region’s policies are bad, say mining executives surveyed in the seventh Annual Survey of Mining Companies released by The Fraser Institute.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2002
We are now seeing declines in gold followed quickly by rallies to new relative highs while powerful stock market rallies are met with aggressive new selling. Whether this pattern will continue into the future is debatable, but it certainly is a welcome background for the much-battered world of precious metals investing.

Groups Wonder Meaning of Call for More Wilderness

July 1999
U.S. Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck says there ought to be more wilderness—a comment that raised some concerns.

"I Got Dusted"

October 2008
Out of the blue Archie mentioned, "I was dusted."  My dad misunderstood and thought Archie had developed silicosis, then known and feared as "miners lung."

Research and Fieldwork Yield Some Promising Gold

October 2013
A week later, a small team of us hit it again, and this time the gold really showed up.

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March 2001
• “...a great article that answers many of my questions...”
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