Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

January 2002 by Staff

Ask The Experts: What is a Spanish needle?

July 2017

Some fellow in Texas was selling a Spanish needle—a dousing device used to recover minerals in the old days. Do you know anything about these?

This is Why You Check Your Tailings

September 2014
The nugget was cast aside with larger rocks during the screening process, but it was found later by an employee...

Building the American Dream

July 1999
What goes into making a home? For starters, about 439 pounds of copper!

From Vietnam to Wedding Bands

February 2017
It’s a common symptom of gold fever for miners to be very hesitant to let go of gold they’ve found or even have it made into jewelry. I confess, I suffer from the same incurable disease!

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

January 2017

NASCAR Driver Turns Prospector

June 2009
When he’s not searching for improvements on the track, the affable driver is prospecting for gold across the United States.

Selenium, Mercury and Suction Dredging—Studies Contradict CA State Water Resources Board

April 2013
Federal and state regulatory agencies often cite mercury and methyl mercury in our waterways as a major factor for further restrictions on placer mining, and on suction gold dredge mining, in particular. However, these regulatory agencies are minimizing selenium and its neutralizing effects.

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