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February 2002 by Staff
Asarco Accepts Phelps Dodge Buyout
Asarco Inc. accepted a sweetened buyout offer from Phelps Dodge Corp., setting up a three-way, $2.9 billion deal that will make Phelps Dodge the world's largest copper producer.
Surging Gold Prices Add Luster to Nevada's No. 2 Industry
Higher gold prices helped boost Nevada’s mining industry in 2003 despite a decline in production for the third straight year.
The Bawl Mill
• Three strikes and you're out!
• Your share of the National Debt
• April 15 wasn't just the deadline for taxpayers
Who Jumped Whose Claim First?
At this point, stress raised my blood pressure and I was figuring out escape routes through the brush, but thought it best to continue the conversation.
Underground at Yankee Jim's
In 1849, the story spreading around the Barnes Store (on the North Fork of the American near Colfax, California) was about some rich diggings being found up in the hills going east, and not very far up the ridge according to some accounts.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Salazar pushes wilderness
• California Governor signs AB 120
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The Bawl Mill
• Federal and State Biologists Accused of Planting Evidence
• Placer Gold in New Mexico
• Mining Deaths Drop to New Low in 2001
• Prospecting for Meteorites with a Metal Detector
• Aussie Gold—A Look at Victoria
• The Rand of South Africa
• Picks & Pans: Arizona Desert Drywashing Adventure
• 2001 World Gold Panning Championships
• Throw-Away Gold: Back to Basics
• Placer Gold Near Fairbanks, Alaska
• The "Drumstick"
• Company Notes
• Editorial
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
