Colorado aspen loop; dry or weekend driving tour follows old stage and train routes.
The flanks of Colorado's Pikes Peak now blaze with gold. Aspen leaves usually start to turn in September, continuing into October for a week or two--if Mother Nature doesn't whip up any windstorms or snow flurries. Here, we suggest a driving tour that takes you past stands...

It Is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. (Book Reviews).
It Is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. Edited by Edwin L. Brown and Colin J. Davis. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xii], 184. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8173-1000-2; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8173-0999-3.) The United Mine Workers of America (UMW)...

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reports third quarter results.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) has released results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. All amounts in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated. For the three and...

Boyd Hardwicke to consult on BC properties.
VANCOUVER, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ted Drummond, Kingsman's Chief Operating Officer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Boyd Hardwicke, P.Eng., a graduate of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. in 1955, as a consultant to the Board of Directors. As a student, Mr. Hardwicke worked...

TVIRD undertakes Zambo mine rehab.
Consisting of a progressive rehabilitation (costing P82 million) and a final closure plan (P76 million), TVIRD is implementing a long-term program that will ensure preservation of the environment long after mining in this area ends six years from now. "The goal of TVIRD's environmental management is to...

Tourmaline and associated minerals from the Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, San Diego County, California.
The Tourmaline Queen mine, located on the northeast slope of Queen Mountain in San Diego County, California, is among the most well-known tourmaline-producing pegmatites in the world. It was originally staked as a quartz claim by Frank Salmons and others in 1903, and within a few years had become...

Pyromorphite and associated minerals from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho.
The Bunker Hill mine is in the Coeur d' Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, in the town of Kellogg. It operated as a lead mine from 1887 to 1981, producing nearly 4 million tonnes of lead and zinc, plus 154 million ounces of silver. It also produced the...

Tourmaline and associated minerals from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California.
The Himalaya dike system in the Mesa Grande district of San Diego County, California consists of several relatively thin and remarkably continuous pegmatites that crop out along the east and north flanks of Gem Hill. The Himalaya mine is the northernmost and historically the most productive of three mining...

Copper sulfides and associated minerals from Butte, silver bow county, Montana.
The Butte district in southwestern Montana was discovered in the summer of 1864 by G.O. Humphreys and William Allison. The original prospects were worked for fine-grained placer gold, on what would come to be known as Butte Hill. Silver was also discovered late in 1864, and Butte regenerated itself...