Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

March 2002 by Staff

Nevada's Silver City Gold District -- Part II

May 2016

...this district has had a continuous life of gold mining and milling that spans 150 plus years, and it appears that it will keep pressing on for many more years of production.

The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley

June 2003
Since 1906, when the McLeod brothers’ skeletal remains were first found tied to trees with missing heads, prospectors have been going into the Nahanni in search of elusive gold. A lot of those who lust for Nahanni gold have never been heard of or seen again.

Identifying the Noble Metals Simple Tests That Work

May 2006
Using a porcelain evaporating dish, place concentrates or head ore, equal to a tablespoon, in 60cc of aqua regia. Boil almost to dry, then add 10cc HCl (hydrochloric or muratic acid) and heat for a few minutes, and then add 30cc of water and bring to boil. Let cool while the solids are being allowed to settle. Using a pipette...

An Alaskan in the Lower 48

July 2013
Our destination was some old hydraulic workings where the old miners had washed literally mountains of material away to expose gold in ancient river channels.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

October 2018

Legislative Update

March 1999
Robert Sanregret—Attorney at Law
Western Mining Council
National Association of Mining Districts

Sampling Mineral Deposits

March 2007
The accurate sampling of mineral deposits for testing and analysis is perhaps the most important step involved in both mineral exploration and development. It is a critical factor in initial prospecting efforts and the preliminary investigation of grassroots exploration projects, yet sampling is often performed in a haphazard and incomplete fashion during the early stages of prospecting and exploration activities.

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