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Alaska's Hope-Sunrise Mining District

September 2010
Over 100 years of placer mining on the Kenai Peninsula has produced about 133,800 ounces of gold. Hard rock mines produced an additional 30,000 ounces. Suction dredging is currently the dominate mining method.

Explosives delivery Goes Wrong at Australian Mine

February 2023

On October 24th, 2022, a Massive Explosion Occurred in Western Australia, About 600 Miles From Perth.

BLM Flexes Its Muscles in Quartzsite

July 2014
Somehow the Bureau of Land Management seems to have forgotten that they work for the people.

Blast From the Past

November 2022

December 1940 Part 2

Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Tucson-Area Mine

March 2012
A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by opponents of a Tucson-area mine that had accused the US Forest Service of violating two federal laws in its handling of the mine issue.

Can't We Just Do Something?

July 2011
We know we lack critical minerals. We know the causes. We know the need. We have the knowledge we need right now. Why can’t we just take action and fix the problem?

Heavy Glacial Rocks and Gold in the Midwest

December 2013
Over the years, I've noticed a pattern in the type of rocks associated with the best gold deposits in Midwestern glacial gravel.

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