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The Bawl Mill
December 1999 by Staff
• Gotta Have It, got it!...• Computer Industry Feeds the Belt Way...
• The pre-game snack of choice at the new Staples Center arena is oysters on the half shell...
Shortage of Mining Engineers Projected
As decade-high gold and silver prices spark a renewed interest in mining in the West, there are few mining education programs and fewer students earning mining engineering degrees due to two decades of decline in the US mining industry.
Gold in Vermont
The principal gold belt in Vermont extends south from the Canadian border along the east side of the Green Mountains, as far south as the Massachusetts line. The entire region was glaciated during the Great Ice Age and the glaciers contained streaks of finely-divided gold, so some of the gold found in Vermont originated in what is now Canada.
Company Notes
• Newmont Mining Corp.
• Manhattan Minerals Corp.
• Phelps Dodge Corp.
• Gammon Lake Resources Inc.
• Glamis Gold Ltd.
• Quadra Mining Ltd.
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Ltd.
Editorial: Montana's Controversial Rock Creek Mine
Throughout history, the demand for commodities has been constantly increasing. It is difficult to envision a reversal of this trend. Between China and India alone, roughly two billion people are on the verge of becoming middle class consumers. Good or bad, this is called progress, and it seems inevitable.
Nevada Mining Tax Cap Repeal Clears Committee
An Assembly panel approved a measure to repeal the constitutional tax cap on net proceeds paid by mining companies in Nevada.
The Bawl Mill
• Environmental solution becomes the problem
• How much money are you forfeiting?
• The unbearable snowman
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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
• Squeezing Diamond Into Graphite
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