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Understanding Hard Rock Mining: Terms and Methods—Part II
July 2004 by Chris Ralph
A better understanding of hard rock mining methods and knowing a little about how these mines work can help the individual prospector to understand reports and stories about both modern and historic mine operations.
The Bawl Mill
• Science fiction?
• It was just environmentally friendly landscaping...
• A very generous pension plan
Ask the Experts
Questions regarding patented and unpatented mining claims and the legal rights surrounding them.
Ask the Experts
Bismuth oxide for assaying?
Company Notes
• Canyon Resources
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Placer Dome Inc.
• Royal Gold, Inc.
Forest Service Chief Calls for Mining Moratorium in Montana
The Forest Service wants a two-year ban on new hard-rock mining claims on 429,000 acres of national forest land on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
Sixteen to One Gold Mine: Unique Challenges and Potential Rewards - Pt I
Many of the Sixteen to One’s challenges arise from its unusual geology and the pocket characteristics of the ore deposits.
GATA Update
GATA’s claims of gold market manipulation “were publicized by the South African press and were presented to important South African officials,” stated Murphy in a recent press release. Here are a few of the highlights:
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The Bawl Mill
• Mining Claim Fees Are Going Up
• Our Readers Say
• Buell Park Pipe, Arizona
• Mines and Money
• Two Nevada Mines Look to Supply Own Power
• Paleontonlogical Resources Preservation Act
• Picks & Pans: Mexican "Edventure"
• Over the Divide
• Flat-Fault Gold in Sonora, Mexico
• Looking Back
• The Fern Mine
• Map Offers Look at Butte's Mining History
• Gold in China
• 2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
