Our Readers Say

July 2000 by Staff

Pursuing Rare Earths in Wyoming

June 2012
The company that wants to build and operate the mine, Rare Element Resources Ltd., promises high-wage jobs and economic vitality to an area where 40 percent of the population is age 50 or older.

Guanajuato Silver, Mexico

August 1999
For 250 years, the Guanajuato Mining District of Mexico produced 20% of the world's silver. The old colonial city of Guanajuato (pop.100,000) is wedged in a narrow canyon in the Sierra de Guanajuato, at an average elevation of 6,750 feet.

Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget—The Trilogy Ends

June 2011
The next hurdle to jump was whether the trommel motor would start again after sitting on the desert for six years without being started. The last time it had taken a three foot pipe wrench to bust it loose.

The Great Gold Rush of Nome, Alaska

April 2001
Gold was mined in the Council Region several years before it was known at Nome, and from this vicinity the prospectors set out and made the Nome placers familiar to the world.

Our Readers Say

April 2001
• "A better working relationship needs to be established..."

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

February 2019

Gold in Michigan

August 2001
Gold was discovered on the upper peninsula of Michigan around 1845, about the same time that rich iron and copper deposits were being put into production. Despite the discovery of gold and silver, most interest centered about iron...

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