Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

July 1999 by Staff

Environmentalists Back FS on Mining Withdrawl

May 1999
Representatives of every major environmental group in northern Arizona and nearly every American Indian tribe in the region lined up at a public hearing recently to praise officials from the Coconino National Forest.

My Great Nevada Adventure

July 2015

…with renewed determination and a belief in success, I did finally find a nugget. It was there waiting under a bush not 50 feet from my truck.

Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part II Recognizing and Understanding Rock Formations (Petrology)

February 2006
Rocks are an aggregate formed from the accumulation of minerals. Minerals form under various conditions, and when the minerals come together in mass, they form rocks.

Cedar Rim Opal—Discovery of a Giant Opal Field

October 2008
In 2003, I initiated field reconnaissance of an opal deposit at Cedar Rim in central Wyoming and was amazed at the size of this undocumented deposit located right in the middle of an oil and gas field...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2018

• EPA declines to impose additional regulations and financial requirements on hardrock miners
• “Baffling” ruling in suction gold dredging court case

Our Readers Say

April 2005
Re: "Miner Wins Important Victory Against Forest Service" (March 2005)

Melman on Gold & Silver

April 2007
Keeping track of the news during the past month was like watching the later rounds of a boxing match, the part where the light jabs and the “feeling out” of the opponent were passed and the heavy hitting begins, because last month we were hit with several powerful stories affecting our markets.

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