Over the Divide

April 1999 by Staff

Building A Mine—Dust Devil Sunstones

August 2008
Establishing a gemstone mine, like any other mining operation, is a difficult proposition. This is especially true if you are starting out from scratch without loads of money to get the business going.

The Bawl Mill

March 2012
• Make your vote count...again, and again, and again...
• Debt ceiling, round two
• "Throw Them All Out"
• A cut above the rest...

Continental Drift

November 2003
As soon as reasonably accurate maps were made, 200 years ago, one could not help but note the parallelism of some coastlines with those on other continents. The coastlines of Africa and South America, in particular, are strikingly similar. The first scientist to write on the subject was an Austrian, Edward Suess, who put India, Africa, and South America into a supercontinent he named “Gondwanaland.” But, it was not until Alfred Wegener, a German, came out with his “Theory of Continental Drift” in 1912, that scientists took note.

In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres—Establishing a Mining Company in Mexico

February 2007
My wife Ann and I moved three years ago to the Pueblo of Arivechi, Sonora, in order to be near the mining concessions we owned and to build a precious metals concentrating mill.

Gem Discoveries Sought in North Carolina Field

February 2001
The gem miner who uncovered North America’s largest emerald thinks he’s found a mother-lode of emerald-rich rock in Alexander County.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2017

• Budd-Falen in line to become next director at BLM
• Ten national monuments slated for changes or reductions
• California adds another fee

Gold in New Hampshire

March 2002
New Hampshire, one of five New England states, has an area of 9,351 square miles, a bit larger than Kern County, California. It is a playground for people who live in the large urban areas in the East.

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