All Articles
The Business of Mining: Cars, Trucks and Tax Deductions
December 2006 by Mark E. Battersby
Most importantly, self-employed miners, prospectors or employees (even of their own mining-related business) who own or lease an automobile, can utilize the standard rate so long as they operate only one car at a time for business purposes.The Subsurface Suction Dredge
The problems of the submersible dredge tube are addressed by the subsurface dredge, where the enclosed sluice recovery tube is suspended from a flotation assembly...
Gold in North Dakota
North Dakota, 70,704 square miles in area, is situated on the Great Plains, in the geographic center of the North American continent. It is bounded on the north by Canada.
Making A Big Discovery
We sent them a lot of information, including my presentation about the area and its potential. We were excited to learn a couple weeks later that the company was interested in the property.
Metal Detecting for Gold Within Andesite and Basaltic Volcanic Mining Districts
Andesites and basalts are the most common volcanic rocks in the North American Cordillera. The andesites originated within the earth’s continental crust, while the basalts originated within the mantle. According to the Plate Tectonic theory...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Rock Creek mine approved again: environmentalists file another lawsuit
• Great Basin Mine Watch losing appeal
• Roadless Rule declared illegal again by Federal Court
• Off-highway vehicle restrictions in North and South Dakota and Montana
• Comments needed for new off-road emission and fuel standards
• California administration moves to block mining; governor faces recall
• A few pending bills...
An Alaskan in the Lower 48
Our destination was some old hydraulic workings where the old miners had washed literally mountains of material away to expose gold in ancient river channels.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Researching and Staking Mining Claims
• The Goodnews Bay Platinum Fields
• Special Rock
• The Kern River Gold Rush
• Finding Gold in Mokelumne River Canyon
• Important Court Cases
• Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
• Market Spotlight: Platinum in Demand
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
• Looking Back
Free:
