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Over the Divide
September 2000 by Staff
Merle W. Swanson1913-2000
Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
Wild and Scenic River Prospecting—North Fork of the American River
Today it is getting tougher and tougher to find a place to prospect. There is one significant haven left for the small miner...
Discovery of the Silver Bullets
In 1926, Carl W. Chilson wrote the authentic history of his family and the discovery of the legendary Apache Mine of the Silver Bullets. The story starts out in 1868 when Steve L. Chilson leaves Bandera, Texas, with his family en route...
Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite
A major diamond mystery has finally been cracked. For 40 years, scientists have tried but failed to apply so much pressure on the hard rocks that they would become something other than diamond. Now researchers reported that they succeeded.
Fighting and Winning Without a Lawyer
This article may not be as interesting as someone describing a big nugget find in Australia...but right now the biggest obstacle to mining is our government.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comments needed from small-scale miners in Oregon
• News from the House and Senate
• Governor shows support for mining
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The Bawl Mill
• A Word from the Editor
• Guest Editorial—Globalizing Mining in America, Part II
• Gold Point, Nevada—A One-Man Mining Town Restoration
• Rare Coin Makes a Mint at Auction
• Letter to the Editor
• Jackson Hole Gold, Wyoming
• Picks & Pans: Big River Dredging in Northern California
• Fake Assays & Assayers
• Turning Acid Mine Drainage Into Drinking Water?—Grass Valley Company May Have the Answer
• Everything You Need to Know About Gold Wheels
• Exceptional Gold Dredging in New Zealand
• Lightning Creek, British Columbia
• Mine Reopening Could Revive Region
• Willow Creek Dredging Trip
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• More Treasure From Sunken Ship
