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•The Bawl Mill

Don't expect Santa to be healthy this Christmas

Fast-foot delivery

Just in time for the holidays

•Gold Diver's Closes Its Doors

•Legislative and Regulatory Update

The 1872 Mining Law

Roadless decision due soon

MSHA Review Commission

Sage grouse decision due soon

•Geologist's Search for PGMs Leads to Mining Venture

by Leonard Melman

...the procedures to be used with the PGMs vary considerably depending upon the make-up of each ore body. 

•Miner's Calendar

•Diamonds in the Rough in Montana

Though rare, diamonds aren't unheard of in Montana.

•The Art of Finding Coarse Gold—Part I

The Geology of Coarse Gold Formation

by Chris Ralph

This is the general description of how gold deposits are formed and could be applied to a number of different types of deposits. 

•Using Microbes for Mining

...there are applications across many other metals including gold, zinc and nickel.

•The Carter and Reynolds Gold Mines:  Is There a Yet Unknown, but Mineable Gold Deposit Here?

by Sam E. Phifer, PG

One has to wonder what closely spaced geochemistry and geophysical exploration on and between these two mines might disclose.

•2004 Annual Tables of Content

•Michigan House Committee Approves Sulfide Mining Regulations

House Bill 6243 would set up a system for permitting, reporting and oversight of sulfide mining in Michigan.

•Surging Gold Prices Add Luster to Nevada's No. 2 Industry

"The place down by Silver City is a case in point," Dobra said. "It is a property that on $380 gold you wouldn't even touch."

•Ruby Hill Gold Mine to Reopen in Eureka

...also...the underground exploration at Goldstrike out of the Betze-Post open pit is going well...

•The Skaergaard Intrusion

by Brian Mooney

The intrusion, a mineral-rich volcanic plug embedded in sedimentary rock, is widely regarded as the classic of its kind.

•Melman on Gold & Silver

by Leonard Melman

The importance of the price of crude to the economic well being of individuals or even nations cannot be overemphasized. Those nations that consume far more petroleum than they produce—such as China, Japan and India—are increasingly vulnerable should massive price increases occur.

•BLM Launches Mining Claim Records Viewer

BLM deserves praise for creating a method to access mining claim information online that, with a little practice, is easy to use.

•Newmont Welcomes Release of Executives

Environmentalists jumped on the finding as proof that the bay is polluted and called for the company to be punished.

•The Baja Gold Rush of 1889

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Cemented and uncemented gravels overlaid bedrock in the placer areas, which were west of La Biznaga lode mine.

•Mineral & Metal Prices

•Mining Stock Quotes

•Gold in Foreign Currencies

•Looking Back

•Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages)

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