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January 2004 by Staff

Precious Metals in the Patagonia Mountains

August 2003
The Patagonia Mountains are a small but rugged mountain range that adjoins the Mexican border some 9 to 16 miles east of the border town of Nogales. The range trends northerly for 14 miles and is about 10 miles wide, reaching an elevation...

Melman on Gold & Silver

November 2009
There are many factors that affect the price of gold. It appears to us that the majority of them are now pointing to higher prices, not lower.

Cold Alaskan Gold—Part I

September 2012
Crowds may be great for football games or the Fourth of July, but not for prospecting. So, this summer, while thousands of gold seekers were heading to the coast of Alaska, I headed to a remote part of the Interior.

Common Operations—Small-Scale Mining and Sharing the "Take"

March 2006
The “Forty-niners,” known as “Argonauts,” separated the loose gold known as “wet diggin’s” from the river gravels using a wash pan. The pan was made of tin or iron and had a flat bottom and sloping sides.

Michigan House Committee Approves Sulfide Mining Regulations

December 2004
Michigan would have one of the toughest sets of rules for sulfide mining in the nation under legislation approved by a state House committee.

Ask The Experts—Can you help explain the ratings in Melman On Gold & Silver?

May 2007
Q: I’m a fairly new subscriber. I enjoy Leonard’s financial column but his ratings at the end don’t seem to make sense. He will highlight problems with the economy but rate it “Positive.” Why is that?

Early Summer Mining in Wyoming

August 2017

Old tailing piles extend for miles. There was still plenty of water flowing here, so WPA members set up highbankers at several settling ponds.

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