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Pick Up Austria's New Coin—If You Can Lift It
November 2004 by Verena Dobnik
The Austrian Mint recently unveiled its new coin—a 68-pound, 24-carat gleaming gold disc worth about $500,000—touting it as the world’s largest and a powerful investment tool.Gold Miners Hunker Down Amid Financial Storm
North American mining companies are hunkering down to ride out a global economic slowdown; looking to rein in spending and perhaps delay some projects and exploration.
Representative Manweller Lends a Hand in Washington State
We're done watching as an unelected and unchecked bureaucracy, with rule-making authority, enforcement powers, and seemingly bottomless budgets abuses citizens at will.
USGS Reports Increase of Imported Minerals
Since 1993, US reliance on imports of raw and processed materials of mineral origin has increased more than seven fold.
Gold & Silver of the Comstock Lode
There still remains some material in place along the lode that could be mined at high gold and silver prices.
Picks & Pans: Fig Tree, Grape Vine and Good Gold
The south fork of the Yuba River was still too high to cross safely on the first day of the dredging season for 2002, but Leon was able to use this condition to his advantage. He dredged high on the bank where big dredges would not go and produced...
Mining Camp Adventures—The Collinsville-Twin Creek Goldfields
Collinsville had been the scene of several small gold stampedes. The golden paystreaks had paid well here at times, with two main creeks producing most of the gold, including a 19 ounce nugget found on nearby Mills Creek, which flowed 100 yards away from the main camp.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• BLM Warning About Purchase of Mining Claims on the Internet
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• Placer PGMs in Coon Creek, California
• Getting Your Float Circuit Layout Right
• New Prospecting Guides Available Online
• Police Extend Detention of Newmont Executives
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• The Boludo Placers, Sonora
• The Golden Highway—Placer County
• Northwest Miners Rally a Success
• Mine Threat Just a Stunt to Criticize Land Laws
• MINExpo 2004 Convention Report
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
