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Pullin' the Pin
November 1999 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray
I first saw Pioche, Nevada while hitch-hiking into town in an old Ford with three good tires and one wheel hammered to an ugly steel disc on fifty miles of blacktop.Dredging Alternative: High Banking
The hope was that a bit of the gold from that famous old pocket mine had worked its way down the slope of the hill and into the gravels Pat and his crew were planning to mine.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Well, the Iraqi War is over, at least the active, battlefield portion of it. “All” that remains is to create a democratic nation in a region where political freedom is a virtually unknown concept. With the conflict over, many observers now eagerly await the post-war boom that has accompanied some previous major wars, particularly World War II.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Much of the past 12 months, both in America and around the world, has been devoted to discussions of Keynesianism versus the Austrian School of economics; of the value versus risks of “Quantitative Easing,” of free markets versus government-dominated markets; and of the right of government to accede to unlimited demands on her resources, no matter the cost.
The Curious Saga of the Jack Wade Creek Dredge
As the river dredgers soon learned, it was not a good idea to leave your dredge in the Fortymile River over winter.
Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ
It is with much regret that we announce the resignation of ICMJ Advertising and Production Manager, Diane Craig.
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• Judge Blocks Road Protest
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• No Mining / Logging on 40 Million Acres
• Catastrophism vs. Uniformitarianism
• 1st Annual Placer County Open Gold Panning Championships—1999
• Picks & Pans: The Ten-Pennyweight Nugget
• Mining in Sonora, Mexico
• Land of Golden Dreams—California in the Gold Rush Decade
• Cerro Colorado Silver, Arizona
• Progressive Privy Program Proved Popular
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Surging Gold Prices Burn a Few Unlucky Mining Firms
• Looking Back
