Swiss Mining Company Demands Compensation From Bolivia

March 2007 by Associated Press

Pullin' the Pin

November 1999
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.

Ask The Experts

May 2015
What type of sluice box for my trommel?

All About Pyrite

January 2015
Most prospectors learn early that pyrite is fool's gold...but the truth is it can be an excellent indicator mineral for gold and in many cases does contain small amounts of gold.

Utah Approves funds to Fight Feds

April 2015
Republican legislators say the funding is necessary to protect state interests...

Saved Before the Tax Bell Tolled

February 2007
The owners of many prospecting, dredging and mining operations may be missing a number of newly extended and expanded tax breaks under the false impressions that they expired. Other tax breaks that may have been overlooked in the past have now been clarified thanks to the last-minute passage of a new tax law.

San Manuel Mine Officially Closes With a Bang

February 2007
One of the largest underground copper mines in the world officially closed mid-January, as demolition crews blasted its twin smelter stacks.

WANTED: Mining Poets, Singers & Storytellers

October 1999
The hard-learned lessons, humor, tragedies and issues of work in mining have long been the subject of poetry, stories, songs and visual art by mineworkers and their families.

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