The Manson Mine

November 2001 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

Now Is The Time For Exploration

October 2020

I’ve been following the precious metals for decades, and I haven’t seen a move this powerful in many years.

So You Want To Be A Full-Time Prospector?

March 2011
The high price of gold and the poor economic conditions here in the US have created an unusual situation—a large number of folks are thinking seriously about getting into prospecting and digging for gold on a full-time basis.

The Bawl Mill

July 2005
• Science fiction?
• It was just environmentally friendly landscaping...
• A very generous pension plan

So Where's The Gold?

August 2011
...we finally got back to this exploration effort. The old works there were up above the old camp, which was very significant in size.

From Spanish Mine to Modern-Day Exploration: The Historic Gold-Silver Camp of Palmarejo

August 2007
Palmarejo Silver & Gold Corp., based in Longueuil, Quebec, is a gold-silver exploration company reexploring a former Spanish silver district in far southwestern Chihuahua.

Why Did This Silver Mine Close?

October 2014

Bad management, cave-ins, the lack of adequate capitalization, bad winters—the list of possible scenarios that might have closed a mine is a long one.

Adventure at the 420 Level

March 2000
Beneath the rolling fairways and manicured greens of a sedate golf course community in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, lie the 600-foot deep, water filled, caved workings of the once famous Phoenix Gold Mine.

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