Silver Demand Driving Mine Production Up—Mexico Remains Number One Producer

July 1999 by Staff

What is a Mining Right?

April 2015
A mining right is a powerful and not commonly understood concept that is all too often watered down by agency regulatory interference...

Hunting Down Paystreaks

April 2018

When I teach people about finding gold, I often explain that it is helpful to think of any river or stream that carries gold as being something like a sluice box.

EPA Offers Liability Protection to Spur Cleanups

October 2005
Environmental groups that volunteer to help government and businesses clean up waste from mine drainage in the West won’t be held liable if there are future disputes over the pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

Synclinal Oil

April 2005
Most oilfields are found in anticlinal faults, or stratigraphic traps. Oil floats on water, so that it will rise to the highest point possible, above the water. If the porous or fractured sandstone or limestone that contains the oil is overlain by impervious shale, the oil can no longer rise. If the porous bed is arched upward...

Ask The Experts

August 2016
What is claim relocation?

Suit Filed to Stop Mining in Northern California

January 2005
The Western Mining Action Project, representing the Karuk Tribe of California, has filed suit to stop mining on the Salmon, Klamath and Scott Rivers, and their tributaries in Northern California.

The San Juan Mountains, Colorado

September 2001
The rugged San Juan Mountains of Colorado rise to 14,309 feet and were a barrier to overland travel for many years. Precipitation, in the form of summer thundershowers and heavy winter snow, is enough to support coniferous forests.

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