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May 2002 by Staff
“...where does the NFS get the authority and power to restrict access...”Melman on Gold & Silver
It may be no exaggeration at all to state that the past thirty days have seen a collection of headlines that could affect the world profoundly for years to come.
Decoding Dredge Capacity
Some typical questions that you might consider asking yourself about purchasing a dredge might be…
PLP Update
Public Lands for the People has agreed to support the US Supreme Court appeal with financial assistance and with the filing of an amicus brief. (We here at the Mining Journal have also agreed to participate in the amicus brief.)
Solar-Powered Placer Sampling Equipment
One hundred and seven years ago the world’s first electric-powered bucket line dredge started to work in Montana. This summer, Montana likely saw its first solar-powered Denver Gold Saver put to work.
Critical Minerals: Titanium—Part II
There are both hard rock and beach sand types of titanium deposits, but the hard rock deposits need to be at least 10 percent titanium while the beach sands often are economic with only two or three percent titanium.
Picks & Pans: Exploring Wyoming's High Desert
In an untamed and lonely part of Wyoming’s high desert sits a deposit of gold so large, and so vast, that even today its volume remains a mystery. With an aerial extent of over 10 square miles and a depth of nearly 7,000 feet...
Gold
Excerpted from the U.S. Geological Survey's 1998 Annual Review by Earle B. Amey, Gold Commodity Specialist.
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The Bawl Mill
• California Wilderness Coalition and The Nature Conservancy Recruit Government Employees to Carry Out Huge Land Grab
• Drywashing Rules Clarified
• Mineralized Calderas in Colorado
• The Keystone Gold-Copper District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming
• Picks & Pans: Mining Tungsten Ore—A Case History
• Gold in Oregon
• Aussie Gold—A Look at the Northern Territory
• The Phoenix Gold Mine: A Brief History
• Calico Mine
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
