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Du weißt aber schon - ich habs irgendwo gelesen - daß außer Strategic Nevada Resources gar niemand Interesse an der Crescent hatte, daß also die Auktion nur einen einzigen Bieter, nämlich Strategic hatte, und die Crescent somit zum Mindestgebot von 650.000.- verkauft wurde.
Die beiden strategischen Personalentscheidungen der letzten Zeit mit zwei geologischen Fachleuten, die spezielle Kenntnisse über das Valley haben, sind hingegen sehr positiv zu werten.

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Hallo auratico,

wenn das stimmt ist es ein Zeichen dafür, dass Sterling Mining die Zukäufe zunehmend einschränken wird in 2007. Sonst hätten sie eigentlich mitbieten müssen. Sie werden die bisher anvisierten Projekte und Termine erfüllen wollen - und die neuen Minenarbeiter und Instandsetzungen werden ja auch viel Geld kosten, bevor im Valley um die Sunshine Ende 2007 überhaupt an Produktion zu denken ist.

Wie auch immer. ... Es wundert mich trotzdem sehr, immerhin hat Sterling Mining am alten Alhambra-Gelände auch Anteil und das Crescent Gebiet liegt genau zwischen Alhambra und Sunshine ... . Also zumindest ein wenig unkoordiniert finde ich diese Aufstellung von Sterling dann schon, - oder!? Wenn man die Crescent nicht unbedingt bräuchte, dann auch das Gebiet direkt dahinter nicht unbedingt.
Mir kommt die Gebietszusammenstellung der Sterling unter dieser Perspektive vor, wie der überbordende Einkaufswagen eines Menschen, der hungrig zum Einkaufen gegangen ist, - mitunter etwas lustig wahllos.

Nun, egal, man muss dann also wohl sagen: eine Mine mit bestimmt immer noch dem gleichen Potential wie die Merger Mines geht für einen Appel & ein Ei über den Ladentisch. Für Sterling Mining wäre es die Komplettierung des zentral gelegenen Gebietes gewesen, zu einem wirklich relativ geringen Preis. Das lässt sich grob rechnen.

Die engeren Gebiete um die Crescent Mine erstrecken sich über 2-3 Quadratkilometer, nur mal so von mir geschätzt, wenn da noch die Gebiete bis hoch zur Yreka United dabei sein sollten (muss man abwarten, was sie da genau gekauft haben), dann wäre es nochmal so viel, also ca. 4-6 Quadratkilometer insgesamt. Und das in einem Gebiet zwischen der Sunshine und der Bunker Hill Mine. Und das alles demnach für einen Quadratmeterpreis zwischen 100-250 Euro ... nun ja! ... Schon ein wenig irre, oder?

Aber nicht ganz irre, zumindest für den Stand Ende 2006.
Denn nebenan ist die Bunker Hill Superfundsite. Das wird dann wohl auch der Grund für den auffallend geringen Preis gewesen sein, wenn die Zahlen für den Kauf so stimmen. ...

Auf jeden Fall ein neuer Player im Valley ... denn vorher war von dieser Firma Strategic Nevada Resources im Coeur d'Alene Gebit nichts zu sehen oder zu hören, soweit ich informiert bin.

Grüsse,
gutso

Thats what high temperature in spot-prices means all about ...

Source of "Time To Tame The U.S. Mint"

By David Bond, Editor
The Silver Valley Mining Journal

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Time To Tame The U.S. Mint

Wallace, Idaho – It's really quite past time to tame the United States Mint. First the SOBs went for Bernard Von Nothaus's jugular by unilaterally declaring the silver Liberty dollars illegal for tender. And now, they propose to tell us exactly what we can and cannot do with our pennies and nickels.

Here is what the Mint said in its 14th December press release:

“Washington, D.C. -- The United States Mint has implemented regulations to limit the exportation, melting, or treatment of one-cent (penny) and 5-cent (nickel) United States coins, to safeguard against a potential shortage of these coins in circulation. The United States Mint is soliciting public comment on the interim rule, which is being published in the Federal Register.

“Prevailing prices of copper, nickel and zinc have caused the production costs of pennies and nickels to significantly exceed their respective face values. The United States Mint also has received a steady flow of inquiries from the public over the past several months concerning the metal value of these coins and whether it is legal to melt them.

"We are taking this action because the Nation needs its coinage for commerce," said Director Ed Moy. "We don't want to see our pennies and nickels melted down so a few individuals can take advantage of the American taxpayer. Replacing these coins would be an enormous cost to taxpayers."

“Specifically, the new regulations prohibit, with certain exceptions, the melting or treatment of all one-cent and 5-cent coins. The regulations also prohibit the unlicensed exportation of these coins, except that travelers may take up to $5 in these coins out of the country, and individuals may ship up to $100 in these coins out of the country in any one shipment for legitimate coinage and numismatic purposes. In all essential respects, these regulations are patterned after the Department of the Treasury's regulations prohibiting the exportation, melting, or treatment of silver coins between 1967 and 1969, and the regulations prohibiting the exportation, melting, or treatment of one-cent coins between 1974 and 1978.

“The new regulations authorize a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, against a person who knowingly violates the regulations. “In addition, by law, any coins exported, melted, or treated in violation of the regulation shall be forfeited to the United States Government.

“The regulations are being issued in the form of an interim rule, to be effective for a period of 120 days from the time of publication. The interim rule states that during a 30-day period from the date of publication, the public can submit written comments to the United States Mint on the regulations. Upon consideration of such comments, the Director of the United States Mint would then issue the final rule.

“Those interested in providing comments to the United States Mint regarding this interim rule must submit them in writing to the Office of Chief Counsel, United States Mint, 801 9th Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20220, by January 14, 2007. The interim rule appears on the United States Mint website at http://www.usmint.gov. The United States Mint will make public all comments it receives regarding this interim rule, and may not consider confidential any information contained in comments."

Hmmmmmmm. Herewith our comments, to be provided to the mint by the 14th January deadline:

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Mint:

Are you people insane? First, you declared trafficking in Norfed's Liberty coins a crime. This, despite the fact that there is no legal proscription against barter. If my neighbour wants to accept my silver in lieu of Federal Reserve Notes for an item we've agreed he will sell to me, that's nobody's business.

But this business of telling me what I can and cannot do with my pennies and nickels is a haughty, unconstitutional affront. An insult. Have you people not ever heard of the concept of private property? My pennies and nickels are my property. I obtained them through my labours (believe me, pennies are what writers get paid in most days). Now, forgive a little digression here, but are these pennies and nickels not my property, if I have obtained them legally?

When does what I do or not do with my property become the business of the United States Mint? What's next? Are you going to tell me I can't recycle my newspapers, because wood is scarce? Or re-impose that old law against removing the tags from my bedding? And if I obey your proposed directive and continue to accumulate pennies and nickels – because there is nothing else to do with them except as perhaps the poor-man's option play on base metals – are you later going to accuse me of hoarding? And will this then lead to another federal rule: That I cannot hoard my zinc pennies and nickels, and must surrender them to the United Snakes Government for a paper instrument that is any more not even a receipt or certificate?

Of course, we are ignoring the larger question of, Why is a stack of 100 pennies or 20 nickels worth more than a FedNote? You've admitted as much in your proposed and wretchedly repugnant regulation. You refer to “prevailing prices of copper, nickel and zinc” exceeding the face value of your coins. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Mint, whose fault is that? To the extent that you're in cahoots with the Federal Reserve, it's your fault. But it is more important to point out to you is that the real prices of copper, nickel, zinc, lead, silver and gold have been relatively static over the past three decades, indeed in steady decline over the past millennium. What's changed is the dollar's ability to purchase these metals. This is not our fault. It's the fault of your masters.

So to avoid your proposed sanctions, we are compelled to insist that future payment for our labours be made not in pennies or nickels, but in Norfed Liberty dollars, the melting-down of which you do not propose to criminalize.

However, brace yourselves for good news. You have an alternative to criminalizing our behaviour with regard to our private property. You can further debase the currency, just as you did with our quarters, dimes, halves and dollars back in the 1960s. You can issue, Ahem! the Wooden Nickel!

Now, we've been advised since we were knee-high to the proverbial grass-hopper not to take wooden nickels. But a wooden nickel issued by the U.S. Mint? Why, we could take that to the bank. Pay off W's multi-trillion-dollar debts to China and Europe with wooden nickels. Just declare the wooden nickel legal tender for all debts public and private – the way the paper FedNote is so declared now. QED, all current account deficit problems solved. Yes, the Wooden Nickel. It's time is come.

From the Melting Pot and with no respect intended we remain,

Yours Truly,

The Guilty

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Gruss,
gutso

Danke für die Info & den Link, auratico!

Ich häng den Grossteil des Textes mal mit an.
Wenn man die älteren Teile der Threads aufschlägt, ärgert man sich häufig, dass die alten Links nicht mehr funktionieren.
(Beispiel sind die Silverpages von "Blanketpower" deren Links auf der ersten Seite in diesem Thread stehen, sie sind mittlerweilen nicht mehr im Netz zu finden.)

Dann ist es gut, wenn der Text hier noch als Zitat nachzulesen ist.

Grüsse,
gutso

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12/27/2006 11:57:05 AM ET News Release Index

Dr. Ishuing Wu to Join Board of Directors of Strategic Nevada Resources

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Dec 27, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Mr. Neil Linder President of Strategic Nevada Resources (TSX VENTURE: SNS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Ishuing Wu has agreed to become a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

Dr. Wu has more than thirty years experience in mineral exploration management and extensive field experience with such companies as Chevron Resources, where he served as U.S. exploration manager; Exxon Minerals, Kennecott Exploration, Great Wall Gold Corporation and General Minerals Corp. In his numerous capacities he has been responsible for developing and managing exploration projects and Joint Venture opportunities in the U.S.A., Chile, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, China and Taiwan. He currently serves as a Director of High Plains Uranium and Chairman of the Board of Trend Mining Company.

He discovered the Southern Cross-North Star gold deposit in Montana, Midas Chevron Zone in Nevada, West Towerbeck gold deposit in China, and two Platinum Group Metals layers in the Lake Owen Layered Intrusion in Wyoming.

Dr. Wu has extensive research experience and knowledge of the geochemical processes involved in the formation of high- grade silver occurrences in tetrahedrite and galena ores that are the significant ore types that have yielded the vast majority of silver production in THE SILVER VALLEY/Coeur d'Alene Idaho.

Between 1972 and 1974 at Cerro de Pasco and Cia de Minas Buenaventura, Peru. He completed a Ph.D. research program at Harvard, in which he conducted underground and surface mapping and sampling of Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn hydrothermal veins and Mantos in the Casapalca and the Huachocolpa Districts and conducted a new, innovative and extensive electron microprobe study that led to the discovery of systemic zoning in both time and space of tetrahedrite geochemistry and defined district-size mineral zoning pertinent to exploration and mining. Similar zoning and time-space geochemical patterns were subsequently recognized in other mining districts (in Mexico and the Coeur d' Alene District, Idaho, USA) and in two Ph.D. studies at Harvard.

Dr. Wu holds a M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1975) in economic geology from Harvard University, where he was a Teaching Fellow in Geology from 1971 to 1973. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.

He has written or co-written twelve published studies and articles in his 30 years as a geologist and researcher.

On December 12, 2006, the Company announced it had secured the right to purchase the Crescent Mine in the Coeur d' Alene mining district for $650,000 USD.

The Crescent Mine is a historic high-grade silver producer. From 1917-1982 the property produced 25 million ounces of Silver at an average grade of 27.3 ounces per ton. Prior to its last shut down in the 80's, previous operators of the Crescent Mine reported over 9 million ounces of silver resources at an average grade of 18 ounces per ton.

The property lies between two world-class Silver producers. The Sunshine mine which has produced more than 300 million ounces of Silver and the Bunker Hill mine, which has produced over 150 million ounces of Silver. The Coeur d' Alene district is the only known mining district in North America to have produced over 1 billion ounces of silver.

Strategic Nevada Resources (SNS) trades on the TSX-V under the symbol SNS The Company has approximately 15 million shares outstanding and cash on deposit of $1.2 Million.

All resource estimates quoted herein are based on data and reports obtained and prepared by previous operators. The Company has not completed the work necessary to independently verify the classification of the mineral resource estimates and is not treating the mineral resource estimates as National Instrument 43-101 defined resources verified by a qualified person. The historical estimates should not be relied upon. The Crescent Mine will require considerable further evaluation, which the Company's management and consultants are in the process of completing.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept the responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Contacts: Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. David Greenway Vice President Corporate Development (604) 689-0896 or 1-800-663-4567 Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. Neil Linder President (604) 689-0896 or 1-800-663-4567 Email: ir@strategicnevadaresources.com Website: http://www.strategicnevadaresources.com

SOURCE: Strategic Nevada Resources Corp.

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Hardrock and Phosphate Mining in Idaho - A Report by the Idaho Conservation League And Boulder-White Clouds Council

[Page 27 to Page 30]

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Chapter 6. Agency Description and Roles

It is helpful to know the agency players and their legal and political context. The following summarizes key regulatory agencies in Idaho. Please refer to Appendix II for specific information about agency contacts and Appendix IV for a more detailed list of Idaho law effecting mining.

Federal Agencies

• The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management
  (BLM) are the federal land holding agencies. These two are the lead
  agencies for regulation, reclamation, bonding, and clean up on federal
  (public) lands. They operate under the requirements of the 1872 Mining
  Law, National Environmental Planning Act (NEPA), Federal Land
  Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), Clean Water Act (CWA),
  Endangered Species Act (ESA), and others.

• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the primary
  environmental enforcement agency. They derive their authority from the
  National Contingency Planning Act (NCP) and the Comprehensive
  Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
  EPA is involved with various mining aspects: issuing permits for the
  National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), monitoring
  for toxic releases in water and air, and subsequent clean-up/removal
  actions.

• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is the federal agency
  responsible for Endangered Species Act management on continental land and waters. The USFWS provides Biological Opinions on endangered species that establish terms and conditions for mitigation and monitoring impacts in areas where mining effects those species.

• The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provides Biological
  Opinions on endangered marine species. In Idaho, NMFS is involved
  with issues affecting salmon and steelhead and has direct authority to
  manage salmon as an endangered species.

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the parent agency of the NMFS and provides additional scientific analysis
  and research for CERCLA sites with marine (i.e. salmon/steelhead)
  impacts. NOAA works on Blackbird Mine and Grouse Creek Mine to
  give guidance to the CERCLA Response Team managing those sites.

• The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), while not a regulatory or oversight agency, is a critical resource regarding mining issues. The USGS conducts many relevant research studies and has a wealth of data and experience with mining related issues.

Historical Roles: BLM, USFS and EPA

Mine regulation is complicated because the three primary federal agencies have different operation guidelines and subsequent agency objectives and cultures. BLM is an agency that was created in 1946 by merging the General Lands Office and the Grazing Service. Their mandate was to regulate mining and grazing and dispose of western lands. The USFS was initiated as a land reserve agency with a mission to protect the public commodity interest of the forest resources.
These two agencies, by their history, are not advocates for resource conservation. They are "permitting" agencies and facilitate private use of the public land. There is a growing exception to this historical viewpoint. A shift from resource extraction to more sustainable resource management is slowly taking place. However, these agencies tend to reflect politics of the federal Administration.
Conversely, the EPA was created to clean up industrial damage and has
strong regulatory powers and enforcement mandates. This enforcement
mandate is frequently in conflict with destructive management practices at the local level and has made EPA a focal point of distrust for the State of Idaho and state and federal agencies.

State Agencies

• The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is the state’s land management agency and is directed by the Idaho Land Board. When dealing with mining, IDL operates primarily under the Idaho Surface Mining Act of 1971. IDL regulates and monitors mining on all state and private lands, determines bonding amounts, and interprets the reclamation standards required for mine closures. IDL was created to manage state lands for the greatest return to the State Endowment Fund. Resource extraction has historically been IDL’s primary goal and it traditionally has been viewed as being more sympathetic to industry (mining, timber, grazing, etc.) than environmental protection.

• Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) is authorized by the Idaho Dam Safety Act to regulate mines with water impoundments over thirty feet in height. This includes dam safety oversight and bonding
  requirements.

• Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) holds bonds for mines that use cyanide and also certifies that the National Pollution
  Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permits, under Clean
  Water Act (CWA), meet state standards. In cases where state water
  standards are not being met, IDEQ becomes a regulatory agency. IDEQ
  plays a key role for the state in all CERCLA/Superfund actions.

Politics Influences Agencies

The role of regulatory agencies is complicated by the highly politicized
nature of mining issues. All levels of government may affect regulatory
activities and permit approval. Miners have influence with politicians who
may lean on agencies. For example, Idaho’s Governor Dick Kempthorne
publicly stated "I foresee no regulatory obstacles which may form a
hindrance to the successful permitting of the Sunshine (Idaho Cobalt)
Project" (Salmon Recorder Herald, Aug. 9, 2001). Governor Kempthorne
said this before the mine’s plan was even submitted. These signals coming from the Governor, who serves as the Chair of the Idaho Land Board, send a strong message to the Idaho agencies reviewing the permits for mining activity.
Federal agencies in Idaho have traditionally been under great political
pressure from local communities, politicians and the state’s regulatory
agencies. The pressure is very evident in North Idaho’s polluted Silver
Valley. Here, some members of the local community, backed by county
commissioners, the State Land Board, and Idaho Congressional delegation members have put considerable pressure on the EPA. In the 2002 "State of the State" address, Governor Kempthorne, referring to the EPA Coeur d'Alene Superfund proposal, openly invited the EPA to leave the state.

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Dazu als Ergänzung eine neue Veröffentlichung des U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho:

Home Page for the proposed Coeur d'Alene Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
Release 10/2006

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The Proposed Coeur d'Alene Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement has been released.
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RMP Background

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d'Alene Field Office is preparing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for 96,770 acres of public land in North Idaho. Click here to view a map of these lands. An RMP is a land use plan that describes broad, multiple-use guidance for managing public lands. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directs the BLM to develop these plans. Decisions in the RMP will guide land management actions and subsequent site-specific implementation decisions for the next 15 to 20 years. For the past 23 years, the BLM has managed these North Idaho public lands in accordance with a land use plan entitled the Emerald Empire Management Framework Plan, which was approved in 1981. Regulations, policies, and issues have changed greatly during the life of this existing plan. Therefore, we must develop a new RMP to ensure that management decisions are in compliance with current mandates and consistent with current issues.

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Man sieht: Nicht nur auf Seiten der "Federal Organisation" EPA wird versucht, einen Strich unter die letzten Jahrzehnte der umweltverschmutzenden Minentätigkeiten zu ziehen, indem sie ihren Einfluss ausbauen!
Auf Seiten der "staatlichen Regulatoren", wie dem "U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho" wird derzeit ebenfalls wieder verstärkt versucht, die weitere wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Region insbesondere Nord Idaho's mit zu bestimmen. Und die Minen sind - auch nach weniger einseitiger wirtschaftlicher Ausrichtung in der regionalen Politik - immer noch ein anerkannter Bestandteileil der wirtschaftlichen Perspektive dort. Einer unter mehreren relevanten eben. ...

Gruss,
gutso

...

Hallo Leute!

Hier eine zentrale Grafik aus einem Paper zur Entstehung der wichtigsten Erzkörper im Highland Surprise Property.

Ausserdem stelle ich einen Ausschnitt aus diesem Paper rein, der auf die Historie der Higland Surprise Mine eingeht und auch auf die Entstehung der Erze dort selbst. Bis 1955 wurde offenbar produziert.

Mal sehen, wer den Frosch wann wach küsst und ob er dann noch leckere Froschschenkel zu bieten hat!

Die Marktkapitalisierung der Highland Surprise liegt jedenfalls momentan bei ca. 0,25 Mio US$, dank der Superfund Area ... .
In Worten: "Eineviertelmillionusdollar" ... .

Grüsse,
gutso

Kaum zu glauben, liegt sie doch direkt neben der Sunshine Mine von Sterling Mining (SRLM).

Das ist nach dem verpassten Zuschlag zum Kauf der Galena Mine, die an U.S. Silver Corp. (unlisted) ging, - dieses Jahr nun schon der zweite Fall, wo ein strategisch wichtiges Filetstück im Silver Valley Idaho Ray De Motte vor der Nase weggeschnappt wurde.

Oder sehe ich das falsch?

Grüsse,
gutso

Zitat

Strategic Nevada Resources (TSX-V: SNS)

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News from 12.12.2006

[QUOTE]12/12/2006 6:02:38 PM ET

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Strategic Nevada Resources Wins Auction to Acquire the Historic Crescent Silver Mine in Coeur D’Alene Mining District/The Silver Valley-- Idaho

Vancouver, British Columbia, December 12, 2006 (SNS-TSX) Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the right, at public auction, for US$650,000 to purchase 100% of the Crescent Mine in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District in Shoshone County, Idaho.

The Company has put down a 5% deposit with the Shoshone County, and the Company now has twenty days to complete its due diligence and close the transaction on Jan 2nd 2007. Upon completion of the transaction the Company will acquire 24 patented mining claims covering approximately 350 acres together with surface rights to approximately 15 acres.

The Crescent Mine has been owned by Shoshone County, Idaho and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since the early 1990’s.

The Crescent Mine is a past-producing high-grade silver mine, located just east of Kellogg, Idaho in the Coeur d’Alene mining district in Idaho. Mining has been carried out in this district for more than 100 years; it is the only known mining district in North America to have produced over 1.1 billion ounces of silver in the last 100 years (source: Idaho Geological Survey Bulletin #28,1989).

The Crescent Mine is reported to have produced over 25 million ounces of silver, from 1917-1981. According to a Bunker Hill geological staff report, produced on Jan 1st 1982, production totaled 978,750 tons averaging 27 ounces per ton recovered silver was 25,139,655 ounces.

The Crescent Mine is strategically located between two world-class ore bodies. Adjoining the Crescent Mine on the east side is the world famous Sunshine Mine, one of the richest silver mines in the world. The Sunshine has produced over 325 million ounces of silver, 71,000 tons of lead, 50,000 tons of copper and 37,500 tons of antimony. Bordering the Crescent Mine property on the west is the Bunker Hill Mine with a production history of 3,119,121 tons of lead, 161,384,305 ounces of silver and 1,311,266 tons of zinc.

History of The Crescent Mine

Development work began on the Upper Crescent Mine at the turn of the century. By 1917, the mine had begun producing ore from along the Alhambra fault.

In the summer of 1943, the Crescent Mine was closed. The Bunker Hill Company reopened the mine in 1951, and by June of 1954 the Ellis (No. 1) shaft had been sunk from the 1,200 level to the 3,100 level. By the end of March, 1963 the stopes developed between the 3,000 and 2,500 level had produced in excess of 3.5 million ounces of silver.

Total proven, probable and projected ore calculated in 1983 by Don Springer, an independent consulting geologist, prior to the Crescent Mine’s final shutdown was 396,500 tons of ore with an average grade of 27.3 ounces per ton silver for a total resource of 9,395,380 ounces of silver.

Geology
The Coeur d’Alene District is underlain by members of the Precambrian belt super-group rock formations, which in the area of the mine are, in descending order, the Wallace, St. Regis, and Revett Formations. This super-group extends east-westerly for many miles and hosts the numerous mines that have made the District one of the major silver, lead-zinc producing areas in the world and the premier silver district in North America. Within the Coeur d’Alene Mining district, the largest silver producing mines have in the last 50 years been located to the east of the Bunker Hill mine. These include the Crescent, Sunshine, Silver Summit, Coeur, Galena, and Lucky Friday extending east-west about 12 miles. This string of properties is called “The Silver Belt.” or “The Silver Valley”.

Most ore occurrences in the Silver Belt are located in an area defined by generally east-west trending structures; the Polaris Fault on the north and the Big Creek fault along the south portion of the Silver Belt. A prominent major fold, the Big Creek anticline, has been traced throughout the length of the Silver Belt area. In the Crescent Mine the Big Creek anticline is a major structure composed on two known folds. The Alhambra and Syndicate faults occur in the folds and are associated with ore occurrences in the Crescent and Sunshine Mines (source:report entitled, Geology of the Crescent mine By Norman Radford April 12 1973).

A significant number of veins are present in the Crescent, including the East Footwall, Hook, South, Lead, Steep Lead, Gray Copper, Parker, North, Chalchopyrite, Paramount, Wolverine, and Butler veins. Most production has occurred from the East Footwall, Hook and South veins.

Potential Geology

The property is underlain, by the most favourable conditions in the Coeur d’Alene district to yield ore discoveries. A combination of structures and favourable lithology at the contact of the St. Regis and Revett formations indicate potential for high-grade ore occurrences in portions of the mine that are still relatively unexplored and developed. The majority of ores in the Silver Belt occur in similar geographical areas.

The Company believes that there is near term mining potential for the Crescent Mine. Significant mining, milling and processing infrastructure are all located nearby as well there are reliable sources of power and water.

Mr. Neil Linder, President of Strategic Nevada Resources is quoted as saying “We are absolutely thrilled to have acquired one of the last great historic silver resources in what is probably North Americas most historically prolific Silver districts. The Crescent mine is also surrounded by two of the greatest silver mines in the world, the Sunshine Mine and the Bunker Hill mine.”

All resource estimates and previous production data quoted herein are based on data and reports obtained and prepared by previous operators and independent contractors. The Company has not completed the work necessary to independently verify the classification of the mineral resource estimates and is not treating the mineral resource estimates as National Instrument 43-101 defined resources verified by a qualified person. The historical estimates should not be relied upon. The Crescent Mine will require considerable further evaluation which the Company's management and consultants are in the process of completing.

“On Behalf of The Board of Directors”

For more information contact David Greenway or Neil Linder at 604-689-0896 or 1-800-663-4567 or email ir@strategicnevadaresources.com or http://www.strategicnevadaresources.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept the responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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PPS: zu Strategic Nevada Resources (TSX-V: SNS) gibt es einen eigenen Thread von newtechxl. Hier der Link. ...

Leider kann ich keine Bilder anhängen, aus irgendeinem Grund, sonst hätte ich ein Bild der beiden Minen (Sunshine, Crescent) reingestellt, das ich gerade aufbereitet habe.
Ich kann aktuell keine Bilder posten (wie neulich schon mal der Fall).

HAAA!! Es geht wieder! Hier also das Bild!

wünscht gutso!

es gibt spannende News im Silver Valley, hat mir beinahe den Stuhl weggezogen, als ich das gelesen habe. ...

(Bond hat übrigens immer noch nicht geantwortet, auf die 2. Mail, aber er hat auch seit 24.11.2006 nichts mehr veröffentlicht. Vielleicht musste er als Weihnachtsmann ran, da hat man dann keine Zeit für solchen Schnickschnack.. )

Grüsse,
gutso

Hier der Link zu den News.

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Original von LuckyFriday
Hab nur in alten Jahresberichten geblättert - Gemischtwarenladen mit diversen inaktiven companies, healthcare, webdesign, venture fund z.B.

Ob sie wohl im Explorergeschäft sehr professionell sind? Das kann ich nicht beurteilen. McEwen fragen! Wieso hat der die Datenbank nicht gekauft?

Scheinen auf der Suche nach der grossen bonanza - so wie wir

Vielleicht lohnt ein Abstauberlimit bei 0.87?

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Hallo Lucky, @ all

stauben wir diesen Thread aus gegebenem Anlass mal etwas ab ... .

womöglich haben wir nämlich vor ein paar Tagen einen neuen Silver Valley Wert im "Bulls Eye" des Silver Valley Idaho dazubekommen.
Ab 2.1.2007 wissen wir wohl mehr ... .
Ich dachte, dass de Motte so etwas nie zulassen würde, dass ihm jemand vor der Nase so etwas wegschnappt ... .
Ist er etwa aus der Puste im Moment?
Hat er doch schon die Galena Mine nicht per Zuschlag bekommen, und jetzt betrifft so ein ähnlicher Fall die für Sterling Mining meiner Meinung nach strategisch extrem wichtige Crescent Mine direkt neben der Sunshine Mine. ...

Aber lest einfach selbst:

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Strategic Nevada Resources Wins Auction to Acquire the Historic Crescent Silver Mine in Coeur D’Alene Mining District/The Silver Valley-- Idaho

Vancouver, British Columbia, December 12, 2006 (SNS-TSX) Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the right, at public auction, for US$650,000 to purchase 100% of the Crescent Mine in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District in Shoshone County, Idaho.

The Company has put down a 5% deposit with the Shoshone County, and the Company now has twenty days to complete its due diligence and close the transaction on Jan 2nd 2007. Upon completion of the transaction the Company will acquire 24 patented mining claims covering approximately 350 acres together with surface rights to approximately 15 acres.

The Crescent Mine has been owned by Shoshone County, Idaho and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since the early 1990’s.

The Crescent Mine is a past-producing high-grade silver mine, located just east of Kellogg, Idaho in the Coeur d’Alene mining district in Idaho. Mining has been carried out in this district for more than 100 years; it is the only known mining district in North America to have produced over 1.1 billion ounces of silver in the last 100 years (source: Idaho Geological Survey Bulletin #28,1989).

The Crescent Mine is reported to have produced over 25 million ounces of silver, from 1917-1981. According to a Bunker Hill geological staff report, produced on Jan 1st 1982, production totaled 978,750 tons averaging 27 ounces per ton recovered silver was 25,139,655 ounces.

The Crescent Mine is strategically located between two world-class ore bodies. Adjoining the Crescent Mine on the east side is the world famous Sunshine Mine, one of the richest silver mines in the world. The Sunshine has produced over 325 million ounces of silver, 71,000 tons of lead, 50,000 tons of copper and 37,500 tons of antimony. Bordering the Crescent Mine property on the west is the Bunker Hill Mine with a production history of 3,119,121 tons of lead, 161,384,305 ounces of silver and 1,311,266 tons of zinc.

History of The Crescent Mine

Development work began on the Upper Crescent Mine at the turn of the century. By 1917, the mine had begun producing ore from along the Alhambra fault.

In the summer of 1943, the Crescent Mine was closed. The Bunker Hill Company reopened the mine in 1951, and by June of 1954 the Ellis (No. 1) shaft had been sunk from the 1,200 level to the 3,100 level. By the end of March, 1963 the stopes developed between the 3,000 and 2,500 level had produced in excess of 3.5 million ounces of silver.

Total proven, probable and projected ore calculated in 1983 by Don Springer, an independent consulting geologist, prior to the Crescent Mine’s final shutdown was 396,500 tons of ore with an average grade of 27.3 ounces per ton silver for a total resource of 9,395,380 ounces of silver.

Geology
The Coeur d’Alene District is underlain by members of the Precambrian belt super-group rock formations, which in the area of the mine are, in descending order, the Wallace, St. Regis, and Revett Formations. This super-group extends east-westerly for many miles and hosts the numerous mines that have made the District one of the major silver, lead-zinc producing areas in the world and the premier silver district in North America. Within the Coeur d’Alene Mining district, the largest silver producing mines have in the last 50 years been located to the east of the Bunker Hill mine. These include the Crescent, Sunshine, Silver Summit, Coeur, Galena, and Lucky Friday extending east-west about 12 miles. This string of properties is called “The Silver Belt.” or “The Silver Valley”.

Most ore occurrences in the Silver Belt are located in an area defined by generally east-west trending structures; the Polaris Fault on the north and the Big Creek fault along the south portion of the Silver Belt. A prominent major fold, the Big Creek anticline, has been traced throughout the length of the Silver Belt area. In the Crescent Mine the Big Creek anticline is a major structure composed on two known folds. The Alhambra and Syndicate faults occur in the folds and are associated with ore occurrences in the Crescent and Sunshine Mines (source:report entitled, Geology of the Crescent mine By Norman Radford April 12 1973).

A significant number of veins are present in the Crescent, including the East Footwall, Hook, South, Lead, Steep Lead, Gray Copper, Parker, North, Chalchopyrite, Paramount, Wolverine, and Butler veins. Most production has occurred from the East Footwall, Hook and South veins.

Potential Geology

The property is underlain, by the most favourable conditions in the Coeur d’Alene district to yield ore discoveries. A combination of structures and favourable lithology at the contact of the St. Regis and Revett formations indicate potential for high-grade ore occurrences in portions of the mine that are still relatively unexplored and developed. The majority of ores in the Silver Belt occur in similar geographical areas.

The Company believes that there is near term mining potential for the Crescent Mine. Significant mining, milling and processing infrastructure are all located nearby as well there are reliable sources of power and water.

Mr. Neil Linder, President of Strategic Nevada Resources is quoted as saying “We are absolutely thrilled to have acquired one of the last great historic silver resources in what is probably North Americas most historically prolific Silver districts. The Crescent mine is also surrounded by two of the greatest silver mines in the world, the Sunshine Mine and the Bunker Hill mine.”

All resource estimates and previous production data quoted herein are based on data and reports obtained and prepared by previous operators and independent contractors. The Company has not completed the work necessary to independently verify the classification of the mineral resource estimates and is not treating the mineral resource estimates as National Instrument 43-101 defined resources verified by a qualified person. The historical estimates should not be relied upon. The Crescent Mine will require considerable further evaluation which the Company's management and consultants are in the process of completing.

“On Behalf of The Board of Directors”

For more information contact David Greenway or Neil Linder at 604-689-0896 or 1-800-663-4567 or email ir@strategicnevadaresources.com or http://www.strategicnevadaresources.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept the responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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Grüsse,
gutso

PPS: Ich wollte unten noch ein Bild der Crescent Mine & Sunshine Mine anhängen, leider ging es nicht. der Button "Dateianhänge" ging mal wieder nicht, weiss nicht, warum, nach 15 Minuten rumprobieren hab ichs mir dann verkniffen.

OK, es geht wieder! Deshalb hänge ich das Bild mit den 2 Minen (Crescent Mine / Sunshine Mine) mit an.

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Ein Blinder sitzt in der Kneipe und brüllt in die Runde: >>He, soll ich euch mal einen tollen Blondinenwitz erzählen?

Mit einer tiefen, rauen Stimme antwortet der Kerl rechts neben ihm: ''Bevor du diesen Witz erzählst, solltest du etwas wissen: Der Wirt ist blond, ich bin blond. Ich bin etwa 1 Meter 90 groß und habe den schwarzen Gürtel. Der Wirt wiegt etwa 130 Kilo ist ist ein ehemaliger Catcher. Der Kerl neben mir ist Gewichtheber, stemmt jeden Tag einen Kleinwagen. Links von dir sitzt ein kanadischer Holzfäller, der ist etwa zweit Meter groß und schlägt die Bäume per Hand. Jeder von uns ist blond. Denk gut darüber nach. Willst du jetzt immer noch diesen Witz erzählen?

Der Blinde: Nö, - doch nicht, wenn ich ihn vier Mal erklären muss!

Grüsse vom Christkindlesmarkt, es gibt immer IKONEN ZWISCHEN DEN STÜHLEN ...
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PPS: Patrone Lupo, eroiere doch bitte mal die Sterling / Sunshine nach Deinen Methoden, es wäre für viele interessant, was Du von deren Management hältst (bisher haben sie zumindest keine Sportboote )

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Ich mag Asien, die Leute haben was drauf was wir laengst verloren haben.

A smile !. =)..zumindest

Gnight

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Hi Eldo,

sehe ich auch so, ausserdem spielt da halt der Konjunktur-Cha-Cha ... .

Selbst ihre faulen Kredite werden die Asiaten erst mal nicht nachhaltig stoppen koennen.

Spannend finde ich (am anderen Ende) aber, wie es mit der Entwicklung im Private Equity und Hedgefonds-Bereich auf angloamerikanischer Seite aussieht.
Da tuermen sich allmählich Liquiditaeten auf, die die der kleineren Industriestaaten bereits zu uebersteigen beginnen.

Grüsse,
gutso

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Hallo gutso,

wieder eine Spitzenarbeit zum Valley, sicher das Destillat einer Woche Arbeit!!

hallo Lucky,

danke Dir, das stimmt ungefähr mit der Woche, vor allem hat es lange gedauert, die Gewichtungen auszuprobieren, bezüglich, Direktors usw. / Leasings of Properties, so dass man es grafisch darstellen kann.
Alles mehr "Physik" anstatt "Mathe", - also mehr experimental, da muss man dann mehrere Möglichkeiten abwägen, was recht anstrengend ist.

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Ich verneige mich.

Vorsicht, - bei den Zwergenliebhabern gibt das recht schnell einen Hexenschuss!

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Englisch auch Spitze, jetzt noch an der Aussprache arbeiten

OK, Du hast es gemerkt & ich hab mich doch so bemüht!

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Ich suche mal in meinen Idaho-Akten (wenn ich dann die Steuererklärung 2005 fertig habe ), denn da gibt's two German boys, die wollten einen Fonds für Idaho -Aktien auflegen....die nehmen dich glatt ins Managment, wenn die vorwärts gekommen sind. Käme als PN. Wäre ja keine schlechte Idee, bei den mickrigen Umsätzen, wenn da ein Institutioneller etwa Kurspflege und einen sicheren Hort für die Aktien verstorbener Omi's und Opi's, deren Erben nichts mit den Papieren anfangen können, bilden könnte. Und ein Gegengewicht für den bauernschlauen deMotte. Und eine einfache Art für uns Leute, die knapp an Zeit sind, in die Zwerge zu investieren. Den einzelnen Haltern von Zwergenaktien könnte das ja auch nur recht sein!
So long,
Lucky

Die Idee eines Fonds ist wirklich gut. Schon allein weil ansonsten beim Silver Valley momentan Einzelinvestments fast unmöglich zu timen sind, in einem vorgegebenen Zeitfenster, bei vorgegebenem Volumen.

Als "Black Box" Silver Valley Idaho liesse sich sowas bestimmt leichter organisieren.

Grüsse,
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Hallo fs_fra,

den kennen hier schon viele, macht aber nix, der Sponsor muss mit ins Boot!
Hoffentlich sieht man da an entsprechender Stelle auch, dass das Forum nicht nur Idiotien & Eitelkeiten hervorbringt, sondern auch manchmal Fundamente setzt.

grüsse,
gutso

Hallo Genesis,

die Nr. ist niedrig, wahrscheinlich hat der Händler lange vorher vorbestellt.
Falls die Nummern überhaupt irgend etwas bedeuten.

Weiss eigentlich jemand, ob das über die Qualität der Prägung irgend etwas aussagt? (Früher vermutlich, aber - heute?) - Wäre mal interessant.

Grüsse,
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Hi Gutso

Ray arbeitet daran, es handelt sich um ein Backing mit physischen Silber das er irgendwo herzaubert.
In dem Sinn wie ein ETF so verstehe ich das.
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Ich wuensche Dir jedenfalls viel Glueck als wahrhafter Idaho Cowboy.

Gruss

Eldo

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HiHo Silver!

Danke für Deine Interpretation zu dem Angebot, Tschonko hat das auch noch gut ergänzt, mit dem Hinweis auf die Zapateca Production der Sterling Mining.

Der 16. Februar ist nicht mehr weit, ich drück Dir die Daumen, hoffentlich sind Entscheidenden nicht nur korrupt. Ein wenig Sorgen mache ich mir schon.

Grüsse,
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Hallo Gutso,
gratuliere, eine Spitzenarbeit.

d'Ehre.

Deine Cowboy-Constellation ist aber echt ebenso überlegenswert.

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Stammt Magnuson aus den valley?
Irgendwie erinnert mich das an die geschichte eines klassischen westerns!
Nur wer macht den Bösen? Immer der Eindringling, also US Silver?
De Motte ist schon assimiliert.
Grüße
Tschonko

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Magnuson selbst ist mit Heimat & Firmensitz in Wallace und Kellogg Idaho angegeben, seine tiefere Vergangenheit kenne ich noch nicht, - aber: alle seiner Directors, Treasurers und Secretarys, egal wo auch immer sie mit drin verwickelt sind, haben lokale Wohnsitze (Wallace, Osburn, Kellogg).

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PS: Lancelot müsste über die ungefähren Bedingungen der Anleihe Bescheid wissen. (Es gibt Silber und Aktien, nicht vergessen dass SRLM auch schon eine Kleinigkeit produziert in Mexico. Also da gibt´s kein Problem.)

Hast recht, hab auch schon gedacht, ob sie das nicht selber vom aktuellen Output abziehen, - wenns nicht schon längst geschehen ist, ohne Schmerzen (wäre ja typisch De Motte, schmerzfrei = investorenfreundlich).

Grüsse,
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Lancelot, ja der könnte da was zu sagen, aber Eldos Zusammenfassung war auch schon recht griffig!

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Hello auratico,

thank you for your friendly & intelligent comment and for the link to the present of problems.

Every one connected to the mining business waited for first implications of the new elected US congress, and how its tendency could develop, indeed.
Now, the US elections are past, since 4 weeks. That means, the most important implications should be already included in the prices at the stock market.

Furthermore, let me cite parts of your linked text (for in 9 months - at last - the link will be dead, but not so the Silver Valley Idaho

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U.S. Miners face mining law reform, more regulation and a big fistfight in new Congress
By: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: '11-DEC-06 08:00' GMT © Mineweb 1997-2006

RENO, NV (Mineweb.com) --With Democrats in control of the Congress, the U.S. mining industry can anticipate the resurrection of mining law reform, more environmental and safety regulation, and a “big fistfight” in the next two years over climate change issues.

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The good news is that streamlining of the permitting processing is a high priority for both Republicans and Democrats, especially permits issued under the Clean Water Act 404 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), and a multi-sector hardrock mining stormwater permit. The definition of solid waste may also be revised under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). (...)

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I think the falling Dollar, stagnation of the US-Economy and the rising US-Ecology-Market (Solar Energy, Fuel Cell Energy) will have a strong influence on US located Oil and Gas Exploration, and perhaps, the connected raffineries, but US located Silver and Base Metals Mining Industry (with the main themes like "arsenic, cadmium and lead as a poison", e.g.) are not the main problem in the USA at the moment.
It had been a problem in the eighties and nineties of the last century, but now the problem - and its a world-wide image problem meanwhile - will be the extreme US - CO2-Emmission and its influence on the Global Warming.

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But do you already draw some conclusions out of this almost incestous mining family business that takes such a long time to come to grips?

A few of the possible conclusions i have mentioned in the text, I think when permitting starts, first FCO-TSX and SRLM will boost.

Also the Aura Silver Resources Drillings in the West Silver Valley are an important factor.

Who wants to be (relatively) sure should take a mixture of stocks that have no cash burn and some of them, that have cash burn, but diplomatically well scilled and EPA-friendly management (SRLM, MSLM in the central and Western Silver Valley, and MERG, ASLM, SBUM and VINS - perhaps also SHSH - of the Central and Eastern Silver Valley).

But the nowerdays very cheap Magnuson / Lavigne Group and Onstine / Titus Group Stocks will be the real winners, if re-permittings in that area will become reality.
Greetings out of lederhosen & via laptop.
only the snow could be more, here. (No Blizzards, only traffic jams.)
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Hallo arachnid,

auf die Idee hätte man bei Deinem nickname auch kommen müssen, klar, dass sie Dir gefällt.

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hallo Genesis,

sehe ich wie Du, der Preis ist in dem Fall - naja, Sache der Schmerzgrenze.

Übrigens habe ich Nr. 4997 von 5000 Stück, zumindest laut Zertifikat.

Was ist es bei Dir?

Grüsse,
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German in red, English in Blue ...

Hallo Leute,

die letzten Tage habe ich einmal hergenommen, um zusammenzufassen, was mir bisher an Infos über die Managementstrukturen der Minen im Silver Valley vorliegt.

Da ich dieses Posting in einer englischen Mail verlinken möchte, bitte ich um Verständnis, dass ich in meinem dilettantischen Englisch weiter fortfahre.
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OK, this was my german excuse, why the following text will be in English, so now I can go on in my (bavarian) English.

In the last 8 days, I tried to understand more, concerning the management structures in the Silver Valley Idaho.
The aim of my 4 Grafics was to plot in a most effectful way, how the "rulers" of the Valley possibly influence each other and what are the main headlines and pictures, that could describe their quite different ways of playing their cards of influence in the Silver Valley

I tried out several ways to describe the management situation there.

The method, I decided to use, at last:
The best way in my eyes seemed to be a semi-quantitative tabularly and grafically description, where people, belonging to one of the identifiable management groups, - and who are working in other managements of the valley, - do get one count / point for each participation.
And where, on the other hand, e.g., lease-contracts of one company of the management groups with another company of the valley will reach three points, --- as the importance of such property lease contracts may be possibly higher, than having one of the directors chairs.

The results are astonishing for me, as I didn't know, that De Motte seems to rule more by lease-contracts and buying shares - and, that, e.g., Magnuson influences more by collecting chairs in the different managements in the valley.

Hecla Minings influence pattern in the East Silver Valley for me at the moment is not transparent enough, so there are still a lot of problems lurking, down in the veins of data, that should be solved, to get a total view on the valley. Also Shoshone Silver Minings claim-positions in the East Silver valley are not sure to me, at the moment, and I don't know, if Magnuson is involved in the Placer Creek Mining management (company not listed, as far, as I know).
So here are still a few questionmarks. ... Infos will follow, if awailable ... .

My below standing results can only be a snapshot of my knowledge on the management structures at the moment.

But interesting enough, some of the dormant mines seem not to be totally dormant, and there is still much rumour and strategy behind the scenery (as ist is, e.g. for New Era, Silver Star and Silver Bowl, and a lot of unnamed claimes, where De Motte from Sterling Mining is already involved, although not all of these are still listed at the stock market).

And, furthermore, there are a few astonishing results:

What was astonishing to me, e.g., is the fact, that American Silver Mining, although they are mostly independent, is linked with the Magnuson / Lavigne group of managers, as H.F. Magnuson is one of the directors himself.

And Lucky Friday Extension Mining Company is Part of the Smith Group of Shoshone Silver Mining, as he is Director and President of each of the two companies.

In addition, the Brackebush Clan rules New Jersey Mining and also Mascott Silver Mining, wich could be a play with some dilution-risks, but with an enourmus base metals fantasy, if until 2009 the Superfund Site of the Bunker Hill will be mostly cleaned up by the EPA.

As I said, more Info will follow, and the below grafics are just a first statement, research had been done by referring to two main sources, at first, the Book of David Bond "The Silver Pennies" from the end of the year 2004, and the second main source had been the internet pages of the so nickenamed user "Blanketpower", his site is now totally offline, and I hope this guy is well and feeling fine, - he wrote a lot of things on the Silver Valley stocks in the beginning of 2004, during the initial first hype in the valley.
Not everything was right, what he wrote, but that should be also the possibility within my "facts"-collection.

Have fun, while you read that stuff!
Greetings.
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Hallo Eldo!

Klar ist das interessant, die Sache mit dem Silber im letzten Teil, gebe ich zu habe ich aber noch nicht ganz verstanden!? Sollen das Anteile an physischem Silber sein, wenn ja, an Silber, das die Sunshine dereinst fördern will?
Entweder drückt er sich so insidermässig aus, oder es steht noch gar nicht genau fest, was es sein wird, am Ende ... .

Grüsse,
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