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September 1999 by Staff
• Placer Dome• Newmont Mining
• Homestake Mining Company
• Royal Gold Inc.
The Lost Silver Triangle of the Sierra Madre—Conclusion: Tayopa, Guaynopa, and Guaynopita
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper might well have been correct about the “Santa Fe de Rodríquez” being the name of what is now called Guaynopa. However, an Indian named Agustín de la Cruz, who was associated with Cristóbal Rodríquez, is credited with discovering the mine in 1741. It is probable that the Spanish settlement had indeed been found because of its rather extensive ruins.
Gifts of Gold for University of Zimbabwe
The design of the makorokoza’s handmade wooden pans has not changed over the centuries. Until Rege introduced it to them they had seen nothing like a spiral wheel concentrator.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Doomed from the Start
The dredge and our gear, with us clinging on to the sides, bounced along until it got hung up on a large boulder in the middle of the river.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Roadless Rule back in court again
• New mining regulations considered in Europe
• PLP in court on behalf of miners
• Karuk Tribe to appeal
• NEPA rewrite drive gets boost from Katrina
Global Warming—The Press Gets it Wrong, Our Report Doesn't Support the Kyoto Treaty
The National Academy of Sciences released a report on climate change, prepared in response to a request from the White House, that was depicted in the press as an implicit endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol.
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The Bawl Mill
• Over the Divide
• Our Readers Say
• Feds Eye Restrictions on AZ Archaeological Sites
• IMF Reconsidering Gold Sales to Finance Debt
• Governors Focus on Aid for Laid-off Miners
• Nevada Counties, Towns Get Forest Service Grants
• Labor Dept. Approves Aid to Laid-off Nevada Miners
• ISEE Celebrates 25 Years
• Picks & Pans: Basic Dry Washing Operations in Gold Placer Mining
• Washington Miner Wins Poetry Contest
• Gold Coin Sales Boosted by Low Prices
• The Klamath Mountains
• Silver Posts Best Price in 11 Years—Strong Investment Interest and Steady Demand Cited
• Platinum—Group Metals
• Historic Mining at Mount Diablo, CA
• Gold in the Drum Mountains
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
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