The Bawl Mill

March 2007 by Staff

The Heavy Minerals in Your Concentrates

June 2016
The fact that mineral deposits can contribute specific types of heavy minerals is why the analysis of the heavy mineral concentrates in the streams of an area can be an important prospecting technique for finding undiscovered mineral deposits.

Study: West Has Vast Oil Shale Reserves

October 2005
The United States has an oil reserve at least three times that of Saudi Arabia locked in oil shale deposits beneath federal land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, according to a study released August 31.

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

July 1999
Worldwide silver production is expected to increase annually, reaching 567 million ounces by 2001, up from 1997 levels of 501.9 million ounces...

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2004
It’s amazing how a few pictures could place an entire Presidential Administration on the defensive, yet that is exactly what has happened during the past month with the publication of the photos out of Iraq, which presumably show American soldiers engaging in acts of torture, humiliation and ridicule inflicted on their Iraqi prisoners.

Time to File Claims in Southern California

December 2015
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!

Tales of California Gold Discoveries 3rd in a Series—Bloody Nick The Miner

November 2005
“Bloody Nick,” as he was known, arrived in California in 1850. From his name, there were those who thought him to be a big man, but instead, he was a small thin man, fifty-six years of age.

Melman on Gold & Silver

October 2007
Seldom in the 22 years we have been writing in this space have we ever seen a parade of such important events pass along the world’s newswires and print media.

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