Picks & Pans: How to Succeed in a Small Mine, A Case History: 1990-2000

May 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

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Tongass Approves Kensington Mine Plan

February 2005
Coeur Alaska’s plan to develop the Kensington gold mine and dispose of its tailings in a lake has been approved by the Tongass National Forest.

California State Gold Panning Championships

October 2006
The California State Gold Panning Championships are part of the Foresthill Heritage Celebration, which has increased in stature a lot this year. The addition and growth of the annual California State Lumberjack Championships to...

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 2004
The world received a sad reminder of just how dangerous and threatening terrorism has become as more than three hundred people—most of them children—died when Russian troops and police stormed a school that had been taken over by terrorist rebels from the breakaway province of Chechnya in the Russian city of Beslan. This act was followed almost immediately by the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Indonesia with nine dead in that attack. And, if mankind’s craziness wasn’t enough...

Oregon's Measure 7 May Provide Compensation for Land-Use Restrictions

February 2001
Opponents of Measure 7 warn that it will grow into a monster.

Hidden Features in Venezuela

October 2003
Venezuela is considerably larger than the state of Texas and is located on the north coast of South America. The capital city of Caracas (pop. 4 million) is some 2,135 miles south of New York City. Most of the population is in the northern half of the nation, with paved highways connecting the principal cities and towns. The Orinoco River flows through the southern and central parts of the country, and much of the travel into the interior is along that river and its tributaries.

Tiffany & Co. to Open Plant in Northern Canada

January 2003
Tiffany & Co. plans to open its first diamond cutting and sorting plant early this year in conjunction with its investment in a diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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