Over the Divide

September 1999 by Staff

Melman on Gold & Silver

August 2009
...a substantial number of news headlines reflected the growing realization that much of the “green shoots” optimism of the past few months was premature.

Special Editorial: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Believes They Have the Evidence

January 2001
The Legislative Update and Company Notes columns were pulled this issue to make room for this important, breaking news.

Working the Belmont Mine—1953 (Part 3—Conclusion)

December 2002
Tuesday morning started off much like Monday except Jack wasn’t packing a bunch of drill bits. We wandered off toward the bottom of the raise, adjusted our bed boards, had a cup of coffee from our buckets, and smoked a cigarette. Then Jack stretched, stood up, and remarked, “Guess I might as well go up and see what it looks like. You wait here for now. When I call down, send up a section of ladder and eight laggings.”

A Search for Tantalum

July 2005
It is likely that few tourists passing through the crowning glory of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia would be aware that this spectacular region is the focal point of the search for one of earth’s most intriguing metals—tantalum.

Melman on Gold & Silver

February 2014
...as a holder of contrarian points of view, I am somewhat delighted to see the recent enormous surge in published negative commentaries regarding gold's future.

Hard Rock University: Expensive Hobby or Real Business?

July 2015
Improper sampling techniques lead to more avoidable heartache than almost anything else in micro mining.

Pocket Mining Potential in Nevada's East Humboldt Range

September 2009
Since the cycle of water flow is dominated by excessive and sudden “gulley washers” after downpours typical of desert country, there is a tendency to spread gold values out in the alluvial fans and not have placer gold concentrations more typical of big river deposits.

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