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•The Bawl Mill

No end in sight to tax and spend

Leadership or sinking ship?

•Our Readers Say

Dave Murphy -- New Hampshire

Robert J. Smith -- Bandon, Oregon

R.L. Lamay Sr. -- Rockford, Illinois

•Legislative and Regulatory Update

Financial Guarantees (bonding)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Diesel engine exhaust

Senator Daschle inadvertently helps timber industry

USFWS implementing Wildlands Project without voter approval

•Placer Gold in Idaho

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

The search for gold in Idaho is far from complete.

•Working the Belmont Mine Butte, Montana—1953 (Part I)

by Bob Schlosser

After asking if I had any questions, Jerry left with the ominous advice, "Be careful. Don't fall through the grizzly." 

•Simple Sluice Design

by Michael S. Murray

I was thinking, since the 6-foot sluice worked so well, the other half of the 8-inch plastic drainpipe might make a good little river sluice. 

•Cobalt and Nickel in Missouri

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Cobalt and nickel are tough silver-white metals, with similar physical properties... 

•Sunshine Mine Video Brings Back Painful Memories

There were no fire drills at the time. That's because no one believed a hard rock mine could burn, said 70-year old Bob Launhardt, who was at the mine the day of the disaster... 

•Hardrock Detecting

by Ron Wendt

My first signal rang out in my headset with a sharp beep. I picked up a piece of quartz and peered over the top of my glasses.

•Gold Garbage: Scams New & Old

by Dr. Ralph Pray

People have worked their way up from silly little lies over many years to scams like these.

•Miner's Calendar

•Company Notes

Great Quest Metals Ltd

Fronteer Development Group Inc

Vista Gold Corp

NovaGold Resources Inc 

•Confessions of a Professional Nuggetshooter

by Lunk

I also need to touch briefly on a couple of important pieces of equipment. 

•Gondwana Gold and Diamonds 

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

They were joined together in a manner close to what is shown on the map. ...it might be possible to predict where additional deposits might be found.

•Looking Back

•Ghost Towns of Washington County, Utah

by Frank Lorey III

The mining camp of Silver Reef has the proper history to back its metallic name.  

•The Fire Within

by Dave Varabioff

When dad showed me how to swirl the material around to see what was in it, I was excited to see that he had yellow flakes...

•2002 California State Gold Panning Championships Foresthill, California

•Mineral & Metal Prices

•Mining Stock Quotes

•Gold in Foreign Currencies

•Melman on Gold & Silver

by Leonard Melman

Given these factors, it does not appear that the financial markets can anticipate a period of strong corporate earnings growth. If that turns out to be true, then the markets remain vulnerable to substantial selling waves.

•Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages)

New and used equipment, services, claims for sale, etc.