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If they stop mining in Alaska, is gay marriage next? Ask Bob Gillam.

Written by Jack Caldwell on May 15th, 2008

Funny the things that get people and societies upset and activistic.  The Alaska Assembly, meeting in Juneau, has just passed a resolution opposing the “clean water” initiatives that would in effect kill the Pebble Mine,affect Anglo American’s profits, and eventually turn Alaska into a non-mining state. 
Alaska would become like Montana: a place for only the rich [...]

Leadville, Summitville and Mexico

Written by Michele Murray on February 26th, 2008

The growing brouhaha in Leadville is beginning to look like a Fellini film – no, make that “Fargo” the movie. Competing television crews are on street corners hanging behind their reporters-on-assignment who are clutching their camel-hair full length overcoats to their chilly chins looking nervously over their shoulders for fear of avalanche, grizzlies, and the few [...]

Mining Matters: 110th National Western Mining Conference

Written by Michele Murray on February 14th, 2008

 
The 110TH National Western Mining Conference and Exhibition was presented by the Colorado Mining Association in Denver this week and guess what they talked about? Here’s a clue: energy, mineral resources, China and India. Oh – and carbon constraints, too.
A fine talk by Vincent Matthews, State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey, presented dolefully similar graphs to emphasize his [...]