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Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite
December 1999 by Associated Press
A major diamond mystery has finally been cracked. For 40 years, scientists have tried but failed to apply so much pressure on the hard rocks that they would become something other than diamond. Now researchers reported that they succeeded.Company Notes
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Latitude Minerals Corp.
• Altair International Inc.
• Homestake Mining Company
• Kinross Gold Corp.
• Rayrock Resources Inc.
Proper Spacing of Placer Sample Sites
The zone of influence of each sample must be carefully considered when deciding how far sample sites should be spaced from each other.
US Mint to Offer Other Precious Metal Coins
Investors and collectors may also be able to purchase palladium coins after President Obama signed a bill authorizing palladium coins if there is sufficient demand.
Canadian Mint to Unveil $1 Million Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint will soon unveil a gold coin worth one million Canadian dollars ($850,000 US).
Executive Defends Special Mill Site Exemption
Hardrock mining never would have happened in the United States if a recent interpretation of the nation's mining law had been in effect in the 1890s, a mining executive says.
The Bawl Mill
• Transparently bogus website
• Top lawyer hits bottom
• The wait at the DMV just got a lot longer
• Department of Tax Evasion
Oil Seeps in Arizona
Compared to California, Arizona has virtually no oil seeps. But, the great Permian Basin of West Texas has virtually none either. Arizona has something that neither California nor Texas have, and that is public lands that are open for leasing. The northern half of Arizona has more seeps and is thus of greater interest, but it would be foolish to disregard the southern half because giant oil and natural gas fields could underlie some of the broad desert valleys.
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The Bawl Mill
• Over the Divide
• Our Readers Say
• Desert Phone Trashed
• ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999
• Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ
• Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy
• The Search Continues
• Guest Editorial: U.S. Government—Like Nobody's Business
• Circulation and Collections Manager Leaving ICMJ
• Company Notes
• House Chair Requests Records on Forest Decision
• BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land
• Silverton Preserving Lofty Symbol of Mining Era
• Hijackers Make Off With 660 Pounds of Gold
• Prospecting With a Magnetometer
• 1999 Tables of Content
• Lighting the Way Underground 1860-1940s
• Millie's Tailings
• Picks & Pans: Crevicing & Sniping for Placer Gold
• Looking Back
• Gold in Sonora
• Forest Service Boss Quits in Bull Trout Flap
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• European Gold Miners Seek Clarification Letter
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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