Over The Divide: Jim Straight, 1930-2019

June 2019 by Staff

Perception of Mining vs. Reality

May 2015

Many modern mining companies have taken to making a special effort to ensure the goods and services they need are supplied as much as possible out of the local economy.

Gold in Moffat County, Colorado

March 1999
The area of interest in this article is in eastern Moffat County, located in northwestern Colorado adjacent to the Wyoming line. It is a high, sagebrush prairie which ranges from 6,200 to 7,200 feet in elevation, north and northwest of the county seat of Craig (pop. 8,000).

Pacific Island Gov'ts Focus on Undersea Mining

February 2000
Pacific Island nations have started devising regulatory laws to help create a new industry in this near-resourceless region: mining the sea floor.

Dredging at Real Del Castillo, Baja

October 2008
Suction gold dredging at Real Del Castillo, a remote and seldom visited old gold mining camp less than fifty miles north and east of Ensenada, Mexico.

Weathering, Erosion and Placers

April 2017
The big interest to prospectors thinking about the effect of erosion is not what might happen long into the future, but what they might find in the rivers later this summer when the water levels go down.

RS 2477 Fact vs. Fiction

November 2006
The recent increased public attention given to Revised Statute 2477 rights-of-way also has been accompanied by an increase in misinformation being spread by some anti-access environmental groups and federal bureaucrats.

Researchers Trace History of Hope Diamond

March 2005
Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.

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