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Proposal Submitted for Lab at Homestake
July 2001 by Associated Press
Rapid City, S.D. (AP)—Scientists and a team of South Dakotans have submitted a $281 million, five-year plan to turn Homestake Mine in Lead into the world’s largest underground laboratory.Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
United States National Gold Panning Championships
Competition Results
Ask The Experts: Is this deposit worth working?
Q: Can you tell me if this deposit is worth working? It is a quartz vein and I had it analyzed for gold, copper, rare earths and other metals.
Gold Depositiion and Gradients of Placer Streams—Part II
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Have We Hit 'Peak Gold'?
According to some experts, after the peak is reached, the production rate will slowly decline until it reaches near zero while the price shoots upward. At that point, we will have pretty much mined all the economic ore deposits that are present on the planet.
A Golden Vacation
Each day for the first part of the week my boys and I picked and chipped away at that wall, stockpiling dirt in 5-gallon buckets and cement mixing tubs.
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