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Melman on Gold & Silver
February 2008 by Leonard Melman
What a start to the year! In just the first two weeks of 2008, we saw the price of gold explode to the highest levels in history at $900 per ounce, Crude Oil reach $100 per barrel, some of the world’s largest financial institutions collapse in market value, unrest spread in Pakistan following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the worst jobs report from the Department of Labor in at least two years and the continued erosion of residential real estate values.Man's Best Friend
Adam’s condition had been deteriorating every step of the way. At times, I could only coax him ten or twenty feet before he laid down again. He refused to eat or drink. At this point, I realized we might not get out of the canyon by dark and might need help getting Adam out at all.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Salazar pushes wilderness
• California Governor signs AB 120
Fly Fishing the Mine Tailings/Headwaters of the Clark Fork, Montana
Outside of Butte, Montana, going north on I90, you’ll pass through a landscape where the old Anaconda mining company processed thousands of tons of ore twenty years ago. We meant to fish in the vicinity of this historic mining district though we knew it is a Federally classified Superfund site for reclamation now.
Legislative And Regulatory Update
• Polar bear listed
• Forest Service trying to close off access
The Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
...we will visit three dormant mining districts that lie in the Oquirrh Range in Utah. Some major activity that transformed the lives of thousands of people occurred here from the mid 1860s to the late 1990s.
Gold Prospecting in Maine - Part I
Within five minutes there were nine brook trout hanging around, feeding on nymphs I was stirring up. They were having a field day, sometimes getting within inches of my mask. It was almost like they were begging for more food.
Small Mine Selective Blasting
Drill holes in a mineralized vein often penetrate hidden layers of poor ore which, after blasting, end up diluting the production quality. Disseminated gold ores carrying two ounces per ton may be identical in appearance to adjacent vein material...
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• Turning Waste Rock Into Profit
• Dredging the Mokelumne
• How to Get Started as a Gold Prospector
• Sunshine Mine is Up and Running Again
• Gold at Ponderosa
• The Juneau Goldfields
• Wham Hill
• Golden Sunlight Seeks Expansion
• Washington Gold & Fish Regulations Update
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