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September 2016 by Staff

Gold in Suriname

June 2002
Suriname is a former Dutch colony on the north coast of South America, with an area of 63,000 square miles and a population of 450,000. Indians inhabited the region when Spaniards first sailed the coast in 1499.

The Bawl Mill

April 2013
• By the numbers
• Apparently Americans deserve more of the same...

Rahall Proposes Bill to End All Mining in the U.S.

March 2009
H.R. 699, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009, should be labeled H.R. 666 because it appears to have been written by the Devil himself.

Looking Back

July 2007
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

The Lovitt Mine

May 1999
Excerpts from Northwest Underground Explorations' soon-to-be published "Discovering Washington's Historic Mines, Volume 2—Mines of East Central Washington State."

The Bawl Mill

November 2012
• We spend taxpayer money on this...
• ...but hold back on this.

Mining Reform and Congress

February 2010
After years of negotiations between environmentalists and industry groups, observers say efforts to reform the 1872 Mining Law may finally pick up steam in Congress.

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