Hallo Ihr!
Ein neuer Thread für 2 Firmen ... natürlich eine ungewöhnliche Konstruktion, aber Ihr werdet gleich sehen, warum ich das so gemacht habe.
Und ausserdem ist das Eingangsposting viel zu gross geworden.
Aber auch das liess sich ob der Informationsfülle nicht ganz vermeiden. ...
Immerhin handelt dieser Thread hier vom nächsten Big Baby, neben der Lucky Friday Mine, der Galena Mine & der Sunshine Mine ... .
Nun ja, die werten Kollegen lesen den Titel dieses Threads ganz & vollkommen richtig!
Trommelwirbel, es ist: Die absolute Härte ...
THE PLACE TO GO IS IDAHO ! ![:]](https://goldseiten-forum.com/wcf/images/smilies/pleased.gif "Freude"){kind=small}
Nach dem Coup der Strategic Nevada Resources (TSX-V: SNS) mit ihrem Kauf der Crescent Mine im Dezember und dem Börsengang der U.S. Silver Corp. (USA.V / CA:USA) kommt nun schon der nächste Silver Valley Idaho Hammer ... :
Bob Hopper - Silver Valley Dinosaurier mit Bleiresistenz - spricht offenbar derzeit mit Azteca Gold Corp. (TSX:AZG) die mögliche Zukunft der legendären Bunker Hill Area ab (New Bunker Hill Co., unlisted, aktuell noch EPA Supefund Site, mehr dazu unten)!
Es kommt damit NOCH mehr Bewegung ins Silver Valley Idaho!!
Nur diesmal eben ausdrücklich im West Silver Valley.
Sollten die geplanten Drillings der Aura Silver Resources (siehe dazu mehr, z.B. im Highland Surprise Mining (HSCM) Thread) nun auch noch dazu kommen, in dieser Gegend, dann ist das schon eine explosive Mischung.
Wobei eben auch erst mal die weiteren Reaktionen & Statements der EPA interessant werden dürften ... . 
Hier die Ausschlaggebende Unternehmens-Meldung.
ZitatAlles anzeigenAzteca Gold Corp.: Announces Bunker Hill Mine Letter of Intent
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 23, 2007 -- Matthew Russell, President of Azteca Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AZG) (the "Company") announces that the Company has entered into an arms-length letter of intent providing for the exclusive right to enter into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") to purchase the Bunker Hill Mine property located at Kellogg, Idaho.
Subject to regulatory approval, title review and usual due diligence, the Company will enter into an arms-length, exclusive Option Agreement. The terms of the Option Agreement are subject to confidentiality requirements until the earlier of the release of confidentiality by the Owner or the signing of the Option Agreement.
Historic production at the Bunker Hill Mine is approximately 35.8 million tons grading average 8.76% lead, 3.67% zinc, and 4.52 oz silver. The Bunker Hill Mine is currently operated by The New Bunker Hill Mining Company.
Shares issued: 65,794,137
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Contacts:
Azteca Gold Corp.
Matthew Russell
President
(509) 464-0172
Email: info@azteca-au.com
SOURCE: Azteca Gold Corp.
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Und hier gehts zur Homepage von Azteca Gold Corp
Da finden sich dann noch einige weitergehende Infos zur Sharestructure der Azteca Gold Corp.:
ZitatAlles anzeigen
Investor Info
Capitalization
(Unaudited as at December 12, 2006)
Issued and Outstanding Shares:
(Shares in Escrow - 33,007,500) 65,794,137
Warrants Outstanding-@CAN$0.35 per share:
-@CAN$0.50 per share: 500,000
17,207,165
Options Outstanding-@CAN$0.25 per share:
@CAN$0.50 per share: 155,000
4,500,000
Fully Diluted: 88,156,302
Estimated Working Capital CAN$2,400,000
Cusip Number 05501A100
ISIN CA 05501A1003
Issue Description Common
Trading Symbols
Canada: AZG:TSX-V
Stock Quote Globe Investor
Corporate Disclosures Sedar Filings
Email info@azteca-au.com
David Bond hat diesen Artikel dazu geschrieben.
http://www.silverminers.com/pu…ions/showpub.aspx?id=5409
ZitatAlles anzeigen
By David Bond, Editor
The Silver Valley Mining Journal
Good On Ya, Robert Hopper
Wallace, Idaho – Robert Hopper, president of the New Bunker Hill Mining Co. since 1992 “when I was still a child,” and for more years than he would care to remember our closest friend and confidant, may finally be seeing light at the end of the tunnel that isn't the bright beam of an oncoming runaway freight. Tonight, as we type this, it is still difficult to comprehend: the mighty Bunker Hill, the industrial anchor of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Silver Valley and of this tourism-obsessed burgh in which we dwell, may finally rise again to her full glory and splendour.
This is a very easy time to get emotional. At 1300 hours local time, Azteca Gold Corporation, TSX:AZG headquartered in Spokane and traded in Vancouver, announced that it had reached certain agreements with New Bunker Hill whereby Azteca would purchase the Bunker Hill mine. No numbers and few specifics were given, but a major player (read Rio Tinto-sized) player is back in the bushes. There are conditions: a bankable feasibility study and resolution of a few matters with the U.S. EPA, which agency has hounded Mr. Hopper like a recurring rash ever since he had the audacity to snatch Bunker Hill from their “put-all-these-mines-out-of-business” juggernaut back in '92 and dared them to come get him. He was, after all, just Mining His Own Business.
While outfits like Coeur d'Alene Mines and General Electric tried to make peace with the EPA Monster and its Greenie lobbyists (see how far it got CDE in Alaska, or GE in the Hudson, just recently), Hopper chose to fight over every square inch of intellectual earth, and if he hasn't quite whipped them, he is the closest ever to having done so. He has certainly triumphed where intellect and will and integrity are counted.
(We interrupt this program to go over the statistics of Bunker Hill: Between its 1887 discovery by prospector Noah Kellogg and its closure by Gulf Resources in 1982, Bunker Hill produced 195-mil oz of silver, 3.156-mil tons of lead, and 1.345-mil tons of zinc on ores grading 8.76% lead, 3.67% zinc and 4.52 o.p.t. silver. That's some serious stuff. And we are talking 600 mining jobs.)
It is instructive to know about Robert Hopper that when the rustlers from Stillwater Mining Co. came to the Silver Valley to high-grade its miners during the depths of the recession a decade ago – and they nettted many – not a single guy from Bunker Hill even bothered to apply. Not that Bob paid the highest wages in the District; just that the guys trusted him, and believed in his vision for Bunker Hill, that it one day would return to its rightful place as, in his words, “The shining city on the hill.”
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Hopper has kept a dozen guys and gals on the payroll, just to eke out a little production from the Bunker Hill every day, every week, every month, stockpiling when necessary the rich silver-, zinc-. and lead-laden ores from this magnificent underground creation of 200 miles of workings and a mile of depth, just to keep the ore cars coming out of the K-T Tunnel. He is a student of Nietzsche, of the Dali Lama, of Dostoevsky, of Gogol and Hegel and Pirsig and Christ, and he was the first man, in 2001, to alert us to the current Paradigm Shift. There is not a quote that we, a formally-educated major in classic English and Russian Literature can start that Robert Hopper, child of the bad side of the tracks of Flint, Michigan, who has driven drift and truck and carried hod from Alaska to Nevada, and is self-educated in the tradition of The True Believer author Eric Hoffer, cannot finish.
And we have more than once asked ourselves, How in the hell can a guy read that many books and keep the biggest mine in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District off life support for 15 bloody years? And the only answer we get back is, There are miracles in your life.
If you think we are alone in our assessment of this remarkable individual, consider what Matt Russell, himself no slouch in the mining trades and a Wallace native to boot and just to put it in your pipe and smoke it, son of Robert Russell, who has managed more mines from Africa to Kellogg, including Bunker Hill, than pikers like Wheeler could steal from his uncle, has to say:
“Who else but Robert Hopper would have had the guts to hang in there this long and not have it all buttoned-up by the federal government? There is a tie for me here, and that is the Bunker Hill old guard.”
Damnright.
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From memory, we recall his account of turning up at a post-Gulf Resources salvage sale, intent on picking up a Bobcat or two, and asking himself, “What is going to happen to this beautiful mine?”
Robert Hopper is what happened to that beautiful mine. And now, another son has come along, in Matt Russell. Matt will guide this thing through, because that is the family honour. He has gained Robert Hopper's trust and he has gained the trust of one of this planet's mining giants, to whom EPA's annual PR harassment grants-to-the-greenies budget is chump change. And, if we can draw conclusions from EPA's conciliatory attitude towards the boys at the Crescent, maybe EPA in its own special psyche has discovered the errors of its ways, that is has learned that you can push people too far. That despite what EPA's geniuses learned as college boys, men are going to dig into the earth for the metals humans need, because that is human nature.
Matt Russell, again: “This old girl's got lots of life in her, and not just at current prices. We will do a bankable feasibility study that is not sensitive to (current) prices. One big thing that people don't realise is how much silver is down there. What we're after is something that is long-lasting. The miners won't like the speed at which we're working. It is going to take some time to do this right. They're just going to have to relax. When we put it back on line it will mean real jobs for a lot of people.”
We can't for a moment imagine Robert Hopper retiring, or even shedding his bulldog role. But, he says, he was inspired by something Harry Cougher, who used to run the Sunshine Mine and now is involved in some Coeur d'Alene Mines perfidy and is now looking forward to retiring, said:
“I'm going to find me a nice warm park bench, put my feet up, and anyone who walks by, I'm going to tell them how important I used to be.”
Hier noch was zur Geschichte der Bunker Hill Mine.
ZitatAlles anzeigenCORPORATE HISTORY
Grubstaking, a practice whereby someone with a little extra money invested in a prospector, was common in the early days of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District. The usual arrangement was that the grubstaker would provide a prospector with a burro and a month's provisions in exchange for an agreement to share in any mineral wealth discovered. It was under these conditions that Murray merchants John T. Cooper and Origin O. Peck outfitted Noah S. Kellogg when he set out to look for gold up the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River in August of 1885.
The Bunker Hill lode, in Milo Gulch, was discovered by Kellogg on September 9, 1885. Legend has it that it was his wandering burro who found the outcropping. Since Kellogg did not know the value of the ore he found, he showed some of the iron-stained galena to Philip O'Rourke, a former Leadville miner then being grubstaked by Jacob Goetz, who recognized it as valuable ore. The two then located the Bunker Hill claim in O'Rourke's name. On October 2, Cornelius Sullivan, a friend of O'Rourke, located the Sullivan claim across the gulch, and soon all the adjacent ground was taken up. As a result of the grubstake agreement, and after disputes and lawsuits, Cooper and Peck received a half interest in the Bunker Hill claim and a quarter interest in the Sullivan claim. Between the discovery and 1912 there were seven or eight litigation cases over claim ownership and extralateral rights. The principle suit, which involved the Last Chance Mining Company, was settled in 1910.
Soon after the discovery, the partners entered into an agreement with Jim Wardner whereby he would secure capital for development of the mine and construction of a mill. After negotiating a contract with Selby Smelting Company to treat the mill product he was able to interest a syndicate composed of A.M. Holter, S.T. Hauser, A.M. Euster, and W.E. Cox, all of Helena, Montana, and D.C. Corbin of Spokane, who organized the Helena Concentrating Co. This company built the first mill on the Sullivan side of the gulch in July of 1886.
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Und so weiter & so weiter & so weiter - es gibt ja ganze Bücher-Reihen über die legendäre Bunker Hill Mine, eins davon habe ich bisher selber gelesen, und zwar jenes, ich kann es sehr empfehlen, es ist gut recherchiert & schön geschrieben.
Idaho's Bunker Hill: The Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company, 1885-1991: The Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Katherine G. Aiken (Autor)
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Und hier nun auch nochmal der Link an eine wichtige Stelle im Silver Valley Idaho Thread, wo wir im weiteren Verlauf neben dem West Silver Valley & der Pine Creek Area auch schon die Bunker Hill angesprochen hatten, in Zusammenhang mit der EPA und mit den Aufräumarbeiten seit dem Abriss und der Sprengung der Smelteranlagen der Bunker Hill in den 1990er Jahren. ...
Wie ich für die Postings dort einmal recherchiert hatte, enden die Hauptarbeiten der EPA zur Säuberung der Superfund Site im Gebiet um die Bunker Hill um ca. 2009 herum.
Hier das Zitat dazu aus der entsprechenden, im Silver Valley Thread angesprochenen EPA-Quelle (Näheres zum selber Weiterrecherchieren im Link dazu oben).
ZitatAlles anzeigen2006 Annual Priorities Report: Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River Basin
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In the next three years we expect to:
Implement mine water management remedy and resolve longterm funding for continued operations to prevent contaminated minewater discharges into the South Fork,
Complete work in the populated and non-populated areas of the Bunker Hill Box,
Identify priority environmental pilot studies for water treatment, wetlands cleanup, and sediment removal, and
Identify, in support of State of Idaho efforts, appropriate sitespecific water quality criteria that are protective of resident aquatic life.
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Hier noch ein weiterer Link zu ein paar Hintergründen bezüglich der Superfund Site ("The Box").
Zitat(...)Recent Actions: During the 2006 construction season, the Upstream Mining Group (UMG) completed cleanup of the last contaminated residential and commercial properties within the Bunker Hill Box. In total, about 3,200 residential and commercial properties and street rights-of-way have been cleaned up and 17 wells closed. UMG and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality are now doing inspections so that the Box residential remediation program can be certified complete. Completion of the Box residential cleanup is a major milestone for the Bunker Hill Superfund site.
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Diese Infos stehen so im Netz. ... Nur lesen da, auf der EPA Site, wenige Gold & Silverbugs gern was nach (verständlich).
Und so leitete daraus wohl die Mehrheit der (ohnehin wenigen) Minenaktienanleger bisher keine möglichen Schnäppchenpreise für diese Gegend ab - bin gespannt ob sich das nun mal ändert!
Aufgrund dieser Absehbarkeit, dass das Schlimmste wohl möglicherweise bald überstanden sein könnte, für Investments in die Pine Creek Area entlang an der Bunker Hill Superfund Site, - habe ich ja selber auch in angrenzende und daher fast vollständig von Anlegern gemiedene Firmen investiert, wie z.B. die Highland Surprise Mining (HSCM) und die Mascot Mines inc. (MSLM)
Ich sage Euch, es wird nicht mehr lange dauern und auf einmal wird man auch alte Namen, wie z.B. die Nabob Silver Lead Mine urplötzlich wieder zu hören bekommen.
Über Bunker Hill - mit dem ehemals überaus neckischen Börsenkürzel "BH" gibt es natpürlich unendlich viel zu sagen, es ist schwer, einen solchen Thread zu eröffnen und der Sache auf einen Schlag gerecht zu werden.
Ich hoffe es wird uns hier nach und nach dennoch gelingen. 
Gruss,
gutso
PPS: Ach ja, falls es jetzt noch jemanden interessiert, da gibts eben Zink, Blei & Silber, & die Mineralisation ist hauptsächlich im Quarzit der Upper Revett Formation zu finden, die an dieser Stelle ca. 600 m dick ist.
Hier nochmal die Karte des West Silver Valley, mit ein paar eingezeichneten Werten, die Bunker Hill Area ist in Hellblau gehalten, die in der Region liegenden Gebiete, die Sterling Mining (SRLM) kontrolliert, sind alle in roter Farbe gehalten.
Und ein Chart der letzten Jahre vom Kurs der Aztec Gold.
Ein Pyromorphit-Kristall ("Pb5(PO4)3Cl") aus der Bunker Hill Mine, ein Bild mit dem Schild das dem Esel gewidmet ist, der die Stadt Kellogg und die Bunker Hill der Legende nach 1885 "fand" - und ein Zink-Sample von dort, in der Form des Bundesstaates Idaho ... mit Sinnspruch. ...
Die Geschichte von dem Esel ist hier schön erzählt:
ZitatIt happened in 1885. A gentleman by the name of Noah Kellogg, a gold prospector and carpenter, lived in the Town of Murray which is 20 miles northeast as the crow flies. Being a gold prospector down on his luck, he ran around the Town of Murray looking for someone to give him a grubstake. He finally ran into two business men, Mr. Peck and Mr. Cooper, who loaned him enough money to buy grub and they loaned him a jackass (burro) to carry the tools. He started down the great north fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, came onto a trail and headed south over the mountains. Coming out on the south fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, he crossed it and went further on south up Milo Gulch and ended up about 1,000 yards above the present City Hall of Wardner. There he made camp, ate and went to sleep, and during the night, the jackass wandered off. In the morning he got up looking around for the stupid animal and hearing him braying, spotted him way up high on the hillside. Where the animal was standing he saw the sunshine glittering on something which turned out to be a large outcropping of galena (lead ore). And that was the discovery of the great Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines on September 4, 1885.
