Posted in blogs, Mining history, People, tagged ama, blogs, controversy, Juneau, mining on March 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This blog and those listed in the blogroll to the right deal with mining–and the controversies that swirl around mining.
Last week at the Alaska Miners Association meeting in Juneau, I presented a talk on mining blogs for mining controversies. Here is a link to the Powerpoint and talking notes that I used in my presentation. Maybe you will enjoy. Maybe you will agree or disagree with what I say. Regardless please let me have your comments.
Posted in feasibilty studies, Gold, Investing & Finance, North America, People, tagged chandalar mine, exploration, geologist, Greens Creek, Juneau, Kensington mine, mine on March 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Some people do cross-word puzzles. Some do jigsaw puzzles. And some become mining exploration geologists. I suspect the same mental acuity, the same ability to form three-dimensional pictures in your head, and the same love of turning a few clues into a comprehensive whole are required. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, mining, North America, tagged AJ mine, Alaska, alaska miners association, earnings, jobs, Juneau, mining jobs, salaries on March 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The title of this posting captures the mood of the Alaska Miners Association meeting, which begun today in Juneau. Many talks picked up the theme of: Jobs Now. Mining Jobs Now. Mining Jobs in Alaska Now. (more…)
Posted in People, Reclamation, tagged Alaska, association, Juneau, miners on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Next week in Juneau, Alaska we have the Alaska Miners Association meeting. This runs from Wednesday to Friday. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Money & Mining, opera, tagged alaska miners association, bellni, careers in mining, EVE, Juneau, noram, norma, on line, opera, roman, sex on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Went drinking last night. A fellow drinker makes about $150 a month playing Eve On Line, a massive on-line mining game. He tells me there are upward of 400,000 players, probably all making more than he does. Thus the economy of Eve is about $60 M a month. Probably more than most mines!
He specializes in those regions of space where security is low, but the ore is rich. He spend a few hundred buying equipment. The money is real–it comes from his credit card. The product is electronic–he sells it on the game’s exchanges. The money from selling goes into his bank account; hence the profit. (more…)
Posted in Diamond, Gold, North America, oil, tagged alaska miners association, cold climates, Juneau, mine closure, short course on February 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Juneau is my favorite State Capital. It snuggles between the mountains and the calm waters of the inlet some way down the panhandle of Alaska. Thus I readily accepted when I was asked to present a course at the upcoming Alaska Miners Association 2011 AMA Juneau Convention to be held March 15 to 18, 2011. Here is a LINK to the registration form. The course will be a one day course, in spite of what the form says currently, i.e., a half-day. I htink a full day is better as we can pace ourselves and go into detail. (more…)
Posted in blogs, decomissioning, health and safety, North America, Reclamation, tagged alaska mining association, edumine, Greens Creek, Juneau, Kensington mine, mine closure, spring meeting on February 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Alaska Miners Association Southeast Spring Meeting is in Juneau from March 15 to 18, 2011. A preliminary agenda can be found at the link. Topics for sessions include: training, safety, and exploration. On the Saturday following the conference are field trips to Greens Creek or the Kensington Mine. I know Greens Creek well, so may be able to persuade myself to go to the Kensington Mine. (more…)
Posted in consulting, Gold, Mining history, North America, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged Greens Creek, Juneau, last chance museum, ray troll, red dog saloon on October 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Early October and Juneau is kind of shut down for the winter. The cruise ships no longer dock, so most shops, brimming with tourist crap in the summer, are closed. Only a few bars down the old main street are open and serving locals food and drink at rock-bottom prices. I managed to get a new T-shirt from the Red Dog Saloon to replace the one I bought some seven years ago. And found one item actually made in Juneau: Ray Troll’s Fish and Chips calendar. ( I thinks his work is great—and trust he is OK with me reproducing some of it here. And to keep on the right side of bloggers law, I emphasize I was not paid for this endorsement–or any other endorsement, anywhere in this blog.) (more…)
Posted in environmental, Gold, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), Mining history, Tailings, tagged Alaska, greens creek mine, Juneau, Kensington mine, lake, Pebble Mine, Tailings on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Mining history, North America, tagged hard rock miner, Juneau, mining on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
All due respect to the Juneau Daily Photo for this one called The Hard Rock Miner.
Seems it is a tribute to “Juneau’s rich history of hard rock mining.”
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