Entries from April 2006

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Surge in Gold Prices Leads to Increase in Nevada Mining

Associated Press:
Mining employment in Nevada has topped 11,100 and is expected to climb more because of a major spike in gold prices.
The figure marks a 15.6 percent increase over the 2004 average, but is still short of the more than 14-thousand employees reported in 1996 and 1997.
Russ Fields of the Nevada Mining Association says the […]

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Rush Hour

Bungalow Bill: “Its Always a RUSH in the City of Paved Streets!”