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Platinum Alley—The South American Zone of Wealth and Adventure

California and Alaska have their reputation for gold mining wealth but they just don’t begin to compare with the huge wealth of gold and platinum found in the past and today in Colombia, Panama and Ecuador in western South America.

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• Sterling Mining Company
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• Vista Gold Corp.
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• NovaGold Resources

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Old-Time Mining Geology Books


Geology books are best used by geologists, but many of the old-time books can be understood by most anyone who has an interest in rocks and minerals. Certain words or phrases may stump the layman, but just skip those parts and go on to the portions of the books that are easily understood. Some of the old-time mining geology books should be in every small miner’s collection.

New Oregon Mining Legislation Friendly to Small Miner


Oregon Independent Miners president, John Holleman, has advised ICMJ that legislation important to the Oregon small miner, sponsored by his organization, has been signed into law.

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