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May 2005 by Staff
Re: "Synclinal Oil"Guest Editorial—Unreasonable Interpretations
Throughout the colorful history of mining, reviews of old documents and stories have led to new mineral discoveries.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Ask The Experts: What to do with scheelite
Q: What can be done with scheelite? Why does the ICMJ never list tungsten in the metals prices?
The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part II—Pocket Hunting for Residual Placers
It is a fact that many of the well-known placer districts of the Western US have small veins that contain sparse pockets of coarse gold as their source. This is the main reason why many rich placer districts have seen little or no hard rock mining...
Melman on Gold & Silver
There is little question that the crisis in Europe completely dominated world financial headlines last month. We saw nations such as Finland, Austria, France, Belgium and Hungary, which had previously appeared untouched by developments, suddenly become vulnerable to higher domestic interest rates.
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• Can you please shed some light on the material I collected...?
Melman on Gold & Silver
What a month this was. In just thirty days, the financial markets went on binges upward and downward that took the world's breath away.
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The Bawl Mill
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• Lode Gold in Nicaragua
• Miners: Plan Ahead for Next Year's Taxes
• California's Original Sixteen to One Mine
• Montana Multiple Use Association Backs Miner
• Picks & Pans: Detecting Micro-Nuggets
• Diamond Search Underway in Alaska and Minnesota
• Mining Outfits Eye 50-Year Supply of Iron Ore
• Goldfield—Princess of the Mojave
• Couple Creates Jewelry of the Iron Range
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
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