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Uranium Miners May Be Compensated
April 2000 by Associated Press
Residents who worked in uranium mines before 1972 may be eligible for compensation through a federal program.WANTED: Mining Poets, Singers & Storytellers
The hard-learned lessons, humor, tragedies and issues of work in mining have long been the subject of poetry, stories, songs and visual art by mineworkers and their families.
Russian Plane Spills 3 Tons of Gold on Runway
Residents believe doré bars landed in a snow-covered area as far as sixteen miles from the airport and some said they will be searching the area after the official recovery
Melman on Gold & Silver
The world received a sad reminder of just how dangerous and threatening terrorism has become as more than three hundred people—most of them children—died when Russian troops and police stormed a school that had been taken over by terrorist rebels from the breakaway province of Chechnya in the Russian city of Beslan. This act was followed almost immediately by the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Indonesia with nine dead in that attack. And, if mankind’s craziness wasn’t enough...
Gold in the Philippines
The Philippine archipelago, with over 7,000 islands that stretch for 1,100 miles north-south, was settled by Malaysians several thousand years ago. Ferdinand Magellan landed and was killed there in 1521. Spaniards took over the islands in 1571, and founded Manila, which is located on a large natural harbor. After the Spanish-American war in 1898, the United States took over the Philippines, and found itself in a brutal 6-year war before gaining control of all of the islands.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Business of Mining—Tradeshow Deductions
Although the costs of meals and lodging while away from home for business travel or attending meetings, conventions and tradeshows is deductible...
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