I think people should know more about Cadastral surveying. For me, this is as exciting as the search for the Holy Grail and frankly, anyone involved in mining is so deeply reliant on the silent, underlying world of land status (and therefore surveys) that they could not even put a shovel in the ground if [...]
This is a cyber-blurb that has probably been circulating the Internet for over a year, though I just got it yesterday sent from my Newly-Retired-X-Vietnam-War-Vet-Divorced-Ojibwe-CIA/DEA-Career-Navy-Seal-Uncle. It’s hard for him to be retired after all that but at least we can correspond regularly now. He sent these excerpts from Lee Iacocca’s book, “Where have all the [...]
This is a real excerpt from a young man studying geology who I have been trying to convince to stick with mining for a career: (my answers in CAPS)
Michele,
I have some questions about the mining industry. For me, one of the most important factors in choosing a career involves location. I want to live somewhere [...]
I just spent a weekend working under cover as a normal person. By that, I mean I wore a dress, braided my hair, and sat in a chair at a booth during a festival to sell my artwork and books. The venue was a kayaking race and festival on the Arkansas River in Salida. At [...]
This morning, Denver Business Journal sent me an email advertisement:
Denver Business Journal
Special Section:
Sustainable Colorado
The Denver Business Journal is proud to feature a new series exploring economic sustainability in Colorado and its impact on the business community. Sustainable Colorado will feature an array of topics from the cost and benefit of “going green” to emerging [...]
“Hi Michele. I’m working on an ore model and is it ever complex! Anyway, I’m thinking about producing a new table for Cu-equivalent grades. I was thinking about creating a field in the assay table with a formula to calculate the equivalents based on fluctuating metal prices. Got any ideas?”
That’s from my friend, Queen of Excel. [...]
I’ve been attending demos of mine modeling software lately. I do this a lot, sometimes in a pace of increasing intensity as the client I am advising is about to make a decision. Having been a Director of Product Development for a mining software company before, I am very familiar with the show and tell [...]
There is a reason I haven’t written a funny blog in a while. I’ve become obsessed with writing, “The Igneous Rocks of Tameapa – an exploration adventure story”, which is being published by InfoMine as an ongoing series of PDF chapters. I have submitted 4 chapters in cliff hanger type of short stories, all of [...]
Fly fishing and Mining, can it be? Can they exist in the same sentence?
Most “non-mining people”… (What should I call non-mining people for future reference sake? Hmmm, NMPs! That’ll do…) would shiver at the mention of these two industries in one thought. Most NMPs would never believe or be willing to accept the reality of the strong [...]
The following announcement was released today by Stuart A. Sanderson, President of the Colorado Mining Association:
“Today, the Colorado House of Representatives Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to postpone indefinitely (kill) House Bill 08-1165. The sponsors of the amendment had agreed to limit the scope of the bill to amending the prospecting provisions only and, at today’s hearing, [...]
