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Mine, Baby, Mine!
In March 2012, the Obama administration filed a World Trade Organization complaint against China. Now this is the election season, and taking potshots at China is an easy and natural thing for just about any politician to do. It’s almost as easy as offering support for motherhood and apple pie because virtually no one is going to oppose you. But this complaint was about mining, and so I thought it worthwhile...
PLP Update
We are happy to report that the current administration has issued a directive to the Forest Service and BLM to address this concern…
The Bawl Mill
• California puts the “to go” in Carl’s Jr. business and others...
• Do you think Congress is serious about cutting spending?
• IMF chief needs his own bailout
The Smell of Gold—Part I
Some claim they can smell gold. This may be, but when I take a whiff of gold, I smell dirt, rotten eggs, garlic or just nothing: my nose is everything but sensitive.
Ask the Experts
Recovering gold from pyrite ore
Great Basin Gold
The Great Basin, first named by Capt. John Fremont in 1843, consists of a vast region of internal drainage, occupying most of Nevada and western Utah, and parts of California, Oregon, and Idaho.
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The Ball Mill
• WMD Raffle Raises Funds for Lawsuit
• Gold in Alabama
• From the Editor
• Yukon Placer Miners Fighting Extreme Discharge Limits
• Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining—Beaver County, Utah
• The Investigation
• A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—A Potpourri of Detector Tips
• Central Coast Ranges
• Poll: Montana in Favor of Repealing Anti-Mining Initiative
• Platinum in Laccoliths
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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• BLM Runs Check on Assay Services