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Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
July 2002 by Staff
California Sniping
I opted for the underwater portion of the river. All I have to do is float down the river and pick large flakes and small nuggets out of cracks and crevices while staying cool in the summer heat.
No Gravel, No Gold
It was the spring and I was planning on dredging the east bank of the Mokelumne River near the whitewater falls of Slaughter House Gulch just out of Pine Grove, California. The water was high and remained that way into July.
Strategic Metals—Part II
There are literally thousands of abandoned wasterock and ore dumps that dot the United States that could hold many tones of strategic metals.
Our Readers Say
- Conversion charts and tables
- Solutions to anti-mining efforts
Melman on Gold & Silver
A matter of some serious concern has developed in the relationship between the prices for gold and silver and the performance of mining share averages.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• US District Court rules against Oregon miners
• Bill to halt sage grouse management plans introduced.
Alluvial Fans
Alluvial fans are essentially dry land “deltas” which can be found in all climates. However, they are best developed in arid and semi-arid regions, where they may be many square miles in area. They are built up by outpourings of silt, sand, and gravel caused by seasonal run-off, as well as by boulders and cobbles carried by flash floods.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Siskiyou National Forest Update
• Company Looks at Restarting Sunshine Mine
• Piedmont Gold
• Gold & The Dollar
• Picks & Pans: Exploring Wyoming's High Desert
• Sons of Gwalia & Herbert Hoover
• Looking Back
• Prospecting on the Yukon River
• Placer Gold in Arizona
• The Fire Assay of Fly Eyes
• Bill Could Create New Silver Market
• 2002 Inductees to the National Mining Hall of Fame
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mystery of Olmec Jade Solved
