Over the Divide

April 1999 by Staff

Montana Multiple Use Association Backs Miner

May 2005
The case is Fortner & Montana Multiple Use Association v. Broadwater County Soil Conservation District, Cause No. DV-04-45. Fortner is a miner who owns patented mining claims in Confederate Gulch in Broadwater County.

How to Properly Ground Balance to Find the Most Gold

August 2010
Many new detector operators and even some experienced ones don’t pay enough attention to keeping their detectors in proper balance. The result is false targets as well as incessant chirping and chatter.

The Bawl Mill

December 2014

• A lack of intelligence

• The $40,000 bird

• A little too transparent, a little too late

Legislative and Regulatory Update

August 2010
• Rahall bill threatens uranium mining
• California Fish & Game claims it needs more time
• Huge new tax burden on coin and bullion transactions
• Refund bill fails in Assembly Committee

Potaro District, Guyana

December 2000
Guyana is a former British colony on the north coast of South America. The capital, Georgetown (pop. 250,000), is 2,200 miles southeast of Miami. The country is 83,000 square miles in area, depending on who does the counting.

Silver Demand Driving Mine Production Up—Mexico Remains Number One Producer

July 1999
Worldwide silver production is expected to increase annually, reaching 567 million ounces by 2001, up from 1997 levels of 501.9 million ounces...

Miner Says Mining Could Return to Boulder

April 1999
New core samples taken near Caribou, not far from the Continental Divide at the edge of Boulder County, show the potential for major production in coming years, an owner of the mine says.

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