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Over the Divide
September 2000 by Staff
Merle W. Swanson1913-2000
Ask The Experts
• Determining the amount of gold in a specimen
Melman on Gold & Silver
It was not hard to find negative news during the past month, not hard at all. We were overwhelmed with continuing stories of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, which took place in southern Lebanon, and Israel remained at war with Hamas in Gaza.
Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
Rogue miners in South Africa are looting underground mines, sometimes traveling over one-thousand feet down to extract gold, reported Reuters and several other sources.
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• Table of Weights and Measures on ICMJ website
• More on presidential candidate Ron Paul
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• "Recreational" mining bills in Washington State
• Three more national monuments
Seven Troy Ounces of Premonition?
He made some casual conversation until he got around to what really brought him into my camper.
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.
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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
