Visionaries, Scoundrels, and Gamblers

February 2000 by Associated Press

$50 Million in Gold From 1857 Shipwreck Approved for Sale

March 2018

The gold is all for sale. Just one tiny coin alone could go for $1 million because of its combination of rarity and the history behind it...

Hunting for Gold in the Quartzsite Area of Western Arizona

October 2013
Winters are a great time to explore the hills in the area of the Middle Camp, Oro Fino and La Cholla placers on the southern flank of the Dome Rock Mountains.

The Struggle to Reopen Alaska's Largest Gold Mine

November 2012
The historical AJ mine, located east of Juneau, Alaska, was considered the largest gold mine in the state at one time. Joe Juneau and Richard Harris struck gold there in 1880, and it has been more recently known as a tourist destination.

The Bawl Mill

July 2008
• Just put it on our tab...
• Do you smell something?
• A voice from the past

Guest Editorial—California "Special" Dredge Permits in Jeopardy

December 1999
by Dennis J. Raff
Executive Director,
Horseshoe Bar Action & Research (HBAR)

Melman on Gold & Silver

March 2003
As the wags have been putting it recently, it looks like the United States is caught between “Iraq and a hard place.” Every day for the past month we have read headlines about the likelihood of immediate war, and, based on those headlines, gold, petroleum and the financial markets have gone off on their tangents.

All That Glitters is Gold

April 2002
Or is it? These man-made nuggets first started appearing on some of the Internet auction sites in the summer of 1999, at which time I became a little suspicious and purchased two of them.

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