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•The Bawl Mill

This wasn't the UN makeover we were expecting...

Do you have more money than you really need?

British tabloids "French roast" Chirac

Reporter comes out of the closet  

•Our Readers Say

Luis R. Tijerina

Jack & Lisa Bogrett

Ken (via email)

•Legislative and Regulatory Update

DOI limits Wilderness

Current California administration solidifies anti-mining stance

Juneau welcomes miners

Bill would restrict public land purchases

Barrick wins suit against EPA reporting requirements

Utah obtains rights-of-way on federal lands

•BLM Runs Check on Assay Services

Many of the results were well within acceptable limits, but some were so far out in "left field" that utilization could be disastrous.

•Miner's Calendar

•WMD Raises Funds for Lawsuit

...the Waldo Mining District (WMD), in cooperation with the Armadillo Mining Shop, voted to obtain representation and to retain noted property rights attorney James Buchal to intervene.

•Gold in Alabama

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Much more gold has been recovered in Alabama than what has been recorded.

•From the Editor

An article entitled "BLM Swindles War Hero Out of Gold Mine," ...appeared in our September 2002 issue. BLM did an internal reviews of the case and noted inaccuracies that appeared in the original article, which, in the interests of fairness, we agreed to pass on to our readers.

•Yukon Placer Miners Fighting Extreme Discharge Limits

by Orest Protch

Studies were included that stated many river systems actually experienced improved fish spawning and biological carrying capacity after reclamation efforts were made when placer mining was concluded in an area.

•Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining, Beaver County, Utah

by Wilda Garber

The Ruby Violet Mine is a rare red beryl locality that produces the only gem quality material of this type in the world.

•The Investigation

by Bob Schlosser

Had it not been for the recent series of explosions on campus at the Western New Mexico University in Silver City, finding the six sticks of dynamite probably would not have drawn the amount of attention that it did.

•A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—A Potpourri of Detector Tips, Part I

by Jim Straight

There are three ways to become familiar with the audio response of any detector to various targets...

Includes: Introduction, Detector Choice, VLF-type vs. PI-type, Set-up, Search Coils

•Central Coast Ranges

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

The principal ore minerals are free-milling gold, gold-bearing pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, and silver-bearing galena, found in quartz veins and stringers.

•Poll: Montana in Favor of Repealing Anti-Mining Initiative

Canyon Resources Corporation announced results of a recent Montana poll...

•Platinum in Laccoliths

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Laccoliths are associated with diatremes and lamproites, features that may contain diamonds. In some instances, they are associated with igneous stocks that have pierced and shattered them.

•Mineral & Metal Prices

•Mining Stock Quotes

•Gold in Foreign Currencies

•Melman on Gold & Silver

by Leonard Melman

The absolute decimation of the palladium market has been a truly historic market event.

•Looking Back -- Excerpt from 50 years ago in CMJ

•Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages)

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