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The Bawl Mill
March 2003 by Staff
• War games...• #%$@*!
• Big hermano is watching...
Corralling Those Pesky Platinum Group Metals
Some assay beads disappear, collapse, hide under the surface, or spread out flat while being cupelled, just as the last tiny bit of liquid litharge is driven off. This is especially true of platinum, iridium and osmium, when attempting to re-bead the filtered residue from a parted bead.
Hidden Features in Venezuela
Venezuela is considerably larger than the state of Texas and is located on the north coast of South America. The capital city of Caracas (pop. 4 million) is some 2,135 miles south of New York City. Most of the population is in the northern half of the nation, with paved highways connecting the principal cities and towns. The Orinoco River flows through the southern and central parts of the country, and much of the travel into the interior is along that river and its tributaries.
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• How do I get mining claims appraised?
Guest Editorial—Changing the Rules
Increasing restrictions on use of public lands are causing a widening tear through the country's economic and social fabric.
Picks & Pans: Mining in Ghana
I recently returned from Ghana, West Africa. My time there was not a two-week tourist trip, but rather a time to discover the real Ghana, and to determine if I might have a future there in the mining business. I stayed almost three years.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
PLP and MMAC Update
Minerals and Mining Advisory Council (MMAC) founder Joe Martori met with Jim Scrivner, the Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director of Energy and Minerals in Sacramento, California...
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The Steeple Rock District, New Mexico
• The Hunt for Diamonds, Nunavut, Canada
• Famous Yuba River Dredge Sinks
• Gold in Maine?
• Mud Creek Placer Mine Adventure
• Junior Miners and Investors Gather in Canada
• Picks & Pans: Dredging at Douglas Creek, Wyoming
• Gold in Gossan
• Company Notes
• Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska (Part III—Conclusion)
• National Mining Hall of Fall and Museum Calls for Poetry
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
