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

May 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

Letter from the Editor to our Readers and Advertisers

January 2000
Well, as they say, "there's a time for everything and everything has it's time"—or something like that!

Hunting for Gold in the Quartzsite Area of Western Arizona

October 2013
Winters are a great time to explore the hills in the area of the Middle Camp, Oro Fino and La Cholla placers on the southern flank of the Dome Rock Mountains.

Critical Metals: Antimony

June 2016
I’ve been taking a look at the mining and uses of a number of critical metals in series of articles, and it’s time to take a look at antimony.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2017

Anyone seeking evidence that the standard leftist/socialist dogma may not work well need look no further than two western hemisphere governments, Venezuela and Puerto Rico, as both are now being wracked by financial and social upheavals.

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...

Looking Back

March 2003
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2008
It is my belief that these trends toward rising budgetary and trade deficits, escalating monetary creation and interest rates that are being held at artificially low levels will continue and I believe that further US Dollar weakness has now been built into the system.

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