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Beryllium in Utah
Much of the world’s supply of beryllium is mined by Brush-Wellman, Inc., at Spor Mountain, Utah. The district is in a harsh desert environment which receives only 6 inches of precipitation a year, barely enough to support scrubby desert growth.
The Gold Hill and Iowa Mine 1895-1938
Mining was curtailed at the Gold Hill Mine in Quartsburg, Idaho, in September 1895, because the owners disagreed about the profitability of pumping large volumes of water from the workings and mining the sulfide ores encountered in the lower levels. In June 1896, the property was sold at auction to A. H. Boomer of San Francisco, California for $4,500. The following day Boomer deeded the mine to...
The Gold Of Horseshoe Bend
And we eventually reached gold. It was a winding crevice of beautiful white quartz lined with small nuggets and loaded with fine gold. There were flakes and small granular pieces—there had to be a hundred or more.
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Melman on Gold & Silver
I believe that the continual imposition of Leftist concepts on an already economically overburdened world is a recipe for some future economic catastrophe...
Melman on Gold & Silver
America has lost another ex-president with the passing last month of Gerald Ford, the only non-elected president in history. It is worth remembering, however, that he came into the office under incredibly difficult circumstances and acquitted himself well. He will be fondly remembered.
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The Bawl Mill
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• Ruling Awards Giant Nugget to Finder
• Letter to the Editor
• Traditional Adversaries Reach Agreement
• The Gold Belts of Georgia
• Company Notes
• Placer Testing with Large Samples
• Gondwana Gold Gravels
• Quick Thinking & Rescue Devices Save Two Lives
• Picks & Pans: The Discovery Gulch Diggings
• Prospector Finds Cache of Emeralds in North Carolina
• My Old Carbide Lamp
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Hands & Pans on the South Yuba River
• Permafrost Tunnel Shows Cross-sections of Past
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