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•The Bawl Mill

•Original Sixteen to One Goes to CourtChallenges MSHA Citations

by Michael M. Miller, Pres.—Orignial Sixteen to One

...I struggle with the apparent injustice and unconstitutionality of the manner in which MSHA exercises its powers under administrative law.

•Legislative and Regulatory Update

BLM Proposes Suspension of 3809 Regulation Changes

Monuments Addressed by New Administration

Progress Made on Clinton's Roadless Rule

Federal Agencies Pull Back Salmon Biological Opinion

•The Golden Triangle of Sonora, Mexico

by Edgar B. Heylmun,  PhD

Nuggets weighing as much as a pound have been found, often attached to fragments of quartz.

•Using Legal Subdivision 

by Tom Kitchar

Anyone wanting to research mining claims in order to find "open ground," for the purpose of prospecting and/or locating a mining claim, will need to know how to use this tool.

•Placer vs. Lode Gold 

by Jim Straight

Due to natural refining, the further the distance, the purer the individual flakes and nuggets become.

Miner's Calendar

•Gold Tellurides: Tellurium, an Assay Impurity

by Don Robinson

The worst-case scenario is that all of the gold will be lost in the assay through absorption in the cupel during the cupellation process.

•Court Hears Arguments Over Rights to Shipwreck 

by Denise Lavoie

Nearly a century after the luxury liner RMS Republic sank off Nantucket, treasure hunters are still battling over the ship's cargo, which some believe includes gold coins now worth more than $1 billion.

•Picks & Pans: How to Succeed in a Small Mine

by Dr. Ralph E. Pray

There is a valuable mineral commodity for just about every letter in the alphabet.

Charcoal Crucible Recipe

by Charles L. Butler

•Discovery of the Mountain Pass REO Deposit

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

In digging on the vein, he noted large amounts of a heavy light-brown mineral that he could not identify.

•Romance of the Old Silver King

by Robert P. Ezzo

All of these men were in the saloon the night Sullivan revealed his rock samples.  The only clue the men had concerning the deposit was that it came from a small brownish hill...

•Record-Breaking Alaskan Nugget For Sale

It was on his current claim that he discovered a 28-ounce nugget in 1982.  But that was far surpassed just three years ago.

•Company Notes

Canyon Resources

Vista Gold

Placer Dome

Royal Gold

•Nevada Gold Production Up Despite Lower Prices 

•Gold in Guatemala 

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

In 1985, the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mines outlined a lode deposit with values up to 0.729 ounce gold/ton... 

•Bush Taps Utah Resident for Labor Post 

•Looking Back—Excerpts from 50 years ago this month

•Melman on Gold & Silver

by Leonard Melman

As we noted in our April 2001 edition, precious metals pessimists still abound, but there appears to be a growing number of market observers who are willing to stick their necks out by making bullish statements regarding the mining shares...

•Mining Stock Quotes

•Mineral & Metal Prices

•Gold in Foreign Currencies

•Honda Pares Down Use of Precious Metals in Autos

•Mine Market—Classified Ads (10 pages)