Uranium Industry Enjoys Rebound as Prices Nearly Triple

November 2004 by Robert W. Black

The Significance of Boulders in Placer Deposits

February 2010
The good news about boulders is they can trap heavy minerals. The bad news is moving them out of the way can be a real struggle.

Keep Watch for The Unexpected

May 2019

As I have always done, I stashed those heavy black rocks in my pack and put them in the garden at home. They never were given a second thought until a half decade later…

Miners Fight Back Against Road Closures

July 2014
In the meeting, we presented Ms. Skalski with the various court cases from the 9th Circuit Court on these settled law cases and she was mortified.

The Fortymile Goldfields

March 2006
Having made nearly forty trips into this region over the years, the area has a tendency to draw the individual into its unique winding roads, which were once mining trails, where the creeks and rivers run to and fro across its twisted topography.

Utah's Crescent Creek Placers

November 2009
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.

Tantalum

July 1999
Tantalum is a refractory metal which is non-toxic, ductile; easily fabricated, has a high melting point, is highly resistant to corrosion and is a good conductor of heat and electricity. It has the unique ability to transmit an alternating current in only one direction.

Miners Claim Victory in Fight That Began with Protest

August 1999
Albanian miners in the rocky, pine-covered hills of northern Kosovo claim it wasn't just politics or religion or even ethnicity that started their war with the Serbs.

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