Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

July 1999 by Staff

Australia's First Gold Rush

April 2008
Gold was found in California a few years before the first official finds were made in Australia. It was on February 12, 1851, that Edward Hammond Hargreaves flashed around specks of gold he’d found in nearby Lewis Ponds Creek and sparked the...

The Goldfield Mining District, Nevada—Part I

June 2017

An example of some of this extraordinary ore was a lot of about four tons from the Florence mine during the last days of a lease that averaged over 300 ounces of gold per ton.

Miners Welcome Comments by Alaska Official

December 2003
The head of Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation angered environmentalists by saying more than enough acres are being managed for conservation and land set-asides aren’t necessary for environmental protection.

Barrick Offers $10 Million to Unlock Silver Ore

October 2007
Barrick Gold Corporation is offering US$10 million to anyone who can unlock the silver from the ore at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina.

Looking Back

October 2002
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Pickering Bar Revisited

August 2008
Pickering Bar on the North Fork of the American River is a fascinating place. It’s remote, taking almost two hours to get there from the small mining town of Iowa Hill, which is in Placer County, California.

Traditional Adversaries Reach Agreement

June 2000
The Stillwater Mining Company and three citizen watchdog groups have signed a 38-page accord that creates a new relationship between the traditional adversaries and could set an example for resource development decisions in the West.

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