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Mining History

Bronze bust honours barber who struck gold

In what might be a parting gift, Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has unveiled a new statue commemorating prospector Benny Hollinger who struck […]

Fire and the mining frontier

An old and rusted piece of mining equipment sits abandoned in a forest outside a mine in the small town of Cobalt, […]

Cobalt’s boomtown blues

Every mine develops at a different pace. The discovery of a major mineral deposits may create feverish excitement, but an actual mine […]

Who was Skookum Jim?

Among the thousands of people who searched for gold amid the rivers and creeks of the Klondike in the late 1890s, Skookum […]