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Hey, Mike, Rae, David, Kyle, Ian, and all the rest of you incredible hold outs from the Golden days of Gold.
Here’s to 2007 and another 1,000 ounce pocket! May the good Gold Gremlins be with you.
In the meantime have a great New Year celebration but take it esy on the new couple at Caseys. I might even get up there to add to the confusion!in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2758No, I didn’t know anyone there.
My grandma talked about some
families there. one that comes
up is O’Donnell. My grandpa
had frequent card and checker
games with H.L. Johnson. A
relative of My grandpa’s
brother’s wife had a lot to do
with building the H.L. Johnson
house in the town.in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2757Martin:
Did you know any of the Kuhfeld or Wyllie family?in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2756In January, 1907 my mom Dorothy
Armstrong, living in Alleghany
with her folks and sister, Helen turned One Year Old.
In those days the town was
snowed in when big snow came.
Dorothy’s dad and his brother,
John owned and ran the general
store there then.in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2755Three job applicants started the required forty-hour MSHA training program for new miners. The company has three certified instructors: Ian Haley, Ernie Locatelli and Michael Miller. Yesterday Mike gave the introduction including miners’ rights and a historical presentation of the mining industry, the company, the mine and the law. He took them to the mine where Ernie took over. Ian will work with them later in the week.
One of the guys bailed the first day. Underground mining in Alleghany was not for him. It is better to know what you are getting into for both the new miner and the company. Every new miner has a training cost. Ten of the seventeen men interviewed had potential for joining the training program. For one reason or another, Ian and Mike cut down to three. One of the issues was the time of year, winter and all that goes with it. Housing was another factor.
The 1000-foot level is progressing. Gold is showing in two locations. Ian picked a solid heavy chunk about the size of a pumpkin seed from the right rib next to the hanging wall. Metal detector (MD) signals have been found in four other spots. The plan is to push the rehab forward to the 1064 winze but the bank account may alter the plan.
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2753Heavy rain mixed with hail this morning. Rain all week. Hear it is going to turn into snow this weekend.
The slab for the floor in the new dry is curing. Looks good. A couple men are continuing with the plumbing etc. The lack of a dry has resulted in the miners using the new office space at the lower shop as a makeshift dry. So getting the dry built will not only provide a dry but it will free up the much needed office space.
The underground crew continues with re-hab on the 1,000 foot level.
The weekly safety meeting was held yesterday morning. The topic was welding, cylinder safety etc. The safety meeting provides a forum for the workers to share any safety concerns they have or near misses(excellent learning tools) in addition to the instruction that takes place. Follow-up on the previous weeks “old business” is an important part of the safety program.
Mike made a visit to the Brown Bear Mine in Trinity County this week. Maybe he will tell us about his trip?
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2754To all the folks at the mine. I thank you for all your dedicated work producing the most beautifull gold in the world. Your outstanding product has allowed me to create some fantastic heirloom jewelry. I am a very small scale jeweler, but without your gold, I would not be able to do what I do.
Merry Christmas to all of you and a prosperous New Year.
Steve Wandt, Natural Gold Jeweleryin reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2752A long time project could wait no more. When the operation abandoned the upper mine office and change room, the miners lost the “dry”. That’s the place where they hang their underground clothes and change from street clothes to miners’ digs. A new dry has been under construction but looking for gold has been the priority. This week the dry became the focus. Miners worked to pour a concrete floor, so the 1000 foot level had no action for a couple of days. They did get rounds off in the area were gold should be. Heard a little was found. One more wall needs to be built and then with a good heater the guys will have a place to change. There is always more to do than break quartz.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2749The U.S. Dollar Index closed out the week at 82.85 which was off 2.26 points from the previous week’s close. This is its lowest close since May of 2005. In December of 2004 the Dollar’s key low was made at 80.50.
In October the Wall Street Journal reported that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had requested the Plunge Protection Team he chairs to meet more frequently. The Team is made up of the U.S. Treasury, the FED, the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Since Paulson’s request the Dollar has gone straight down. Also, in the same WSJ story Paulson is quoted as saying, “we are overdue for a financial crisis.”
The group is also looking into hedge funds and the large drivatives market. The total outstanding world derivatives contracts total an astronomical $370 trillion.
In the past months three hedge funds have declared bankruptcy. One of these lost everything they had by betting on the wrong side of the natural gas market. The loss was so large that a ripple effect almost completely ruined the London natural gas market.
Refco Securities imploded not too long ago. Part of the truth of what happened with them came out slowly. More than likely the sporadic news announcements were orchestrated by the Plunge Protection Team so that confidence in the financial markets was not disturbed.
Just the slight smell of any more hedge fund failures or the hint of derivative failures, like happened at Refco, will put downward pressue on the Dollar which will equate to higher gold prices.
If the 80.50 level on the U.S. Dollar Index gives way, expect a farther drop to the 72.00 level. If that happens, gold should better its 2006 high of $730.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2751thank goodness we have a ‘whiz’
of a pres. and underground/mine
mgr. (ian) to run the “sixteen”
they are also the epidimy of
entrepeneurship. cheers!!in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2748Is your accumulated wealth being destroyed by inflation?
We need to look more closely at the relationship of gold to real things to understand what’s happening to our wealth. An adage familiar to most is, an ounce of gold will always buy a good tailored men’s suit. Believe it or not, people used to have gold coins and they routinely traded them for real things.
It didn’t take too long in recorded history for governments to figure out that they had limited political power when people traded directly with each other by the exchange of gold. So the concept of issuing monopoly money, fiat currencies, was created. The problem with monopoly money is that somewhere along in time the people don’t want the bills any longer. This usually occurs when issuing more and more paper causes so much inflation that people wake up to realize that that their wealth has been compromised or in some past instances, it has totally been destroyed.
In order to keep the monopoly money circulating the issuers use all types of tricks in an attempt to fool the people that their wealth is intact. The issuers routinely attempt hypnosis in the media. Their biggest gambit is to lie to their constituents concerning the real rate of inflation. Recently, the government stopped reporting how many new dollars are being printed. It is obvious that the government is reducing the visibility for people to look over their shoulder. The statement that is appropriate here is, empirical history strongly suggests that secrets will destroy organizations.
On December 01, 2006 Dan Norcini forwarded a missive to Jim Sinclair concerning gold and protecting your wealth. The letter, along with two supporting charts, was reprinted at http://www.jsmineset.com and is available for reading under the topic, DJIA Compared To The Dow/Gold Ratio.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2744Predicting future gold prices combines art and science for sure. The fellow you wrote about took an aggressive path to get to $1600 spot. My fellow director, Lee Erdahl, gave me a great answer to the question, “Where is the price of gold going?” Gold is going up or gold price is going down. This is my usual answer to a casual question; however it is easy to see the overall direction and the price points of accumulation and disposal.
I’ll step outside this comfort zone with an observation on price based on my actual experiences during the time when spot hit $850. The mining executives and guys I knew and talked to in, was it 1981, the gold business were shocked when spot passed $650. We just shook our heads and were speechless when it broke $800. The producers knew that the new gold supply/demand curves did not support the price.
After the fall an investment banker came up to Alleghany to see the mine operation. During our visit we talked about the $850 price. I said something like, “Who in the world were the people buying gold at its high?” He paused for a bit and said, “You are looking at one of those people.” I asked him how and why he got sucked into buying, being a banking executive and businessman. He said he had watched it going up, going up, going up and finally felt he had to get gold because it was predicted to go through the roof. He bought at exactly the top. Can you believe that, a banker no less buying gold at the top.
My mining pals were happy with a $400-450 because our costs had not gone up at an equal rate as gold.
When I read your last entry (and I do read, appreciate and look forward to your input) I smiled….$1600 an ounce could be true. The lesson from the banker’s experience has stayed with me: Few people are disciplined enough to know how and when to join the gold market. Most will procrastinate both on the buy side and the sell side. When greed and envy finally become overpowering, a pack of well meaning buyers will flock to the market, thereby pushing the price well beyond the producers’ expectation. Will it happen again? You can bet on it.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2743Will gold go to $1600 an ounce?
So says Alf Field in a November 28th posting under Contributed Commentaries at Kitco.com entitled, “Elliot Wave Gold Update X.”
Alf basically says, gold is in a major third wave with an expected price destination of $1600. This larger third wave will be composed of five smaller waves.
Of these smaller waves, wave #1 began the 6th of October at $560 and is expected to go to $870.
Wave #2 will be a declining move from $870 to $730.
Wave #3 will be an advancing move from $730 to $1230.
Wave #4 will be a declining move from $1230 to $1030.
The final wave #5 in this major 3rd wave will move from $1030 to $1600.
Alf doesn’t predict times of these moves but just says, they will happen.
Jim Sinclair at jsmineset.com basically says that the years 2007 and 2008 will be extremely rewarding for holders of gold and the shareholders of gold companies plus the fireworks are yet to come.
All along gold’s travels to higher and higher prices you will be tempted by the gold miscreants to sell your gold or mining shares. The constant activity of this group is to create illusion. Don’t let the gold miscreants trick you out of your metal and shares. We all know who they are.
Holders of gold and gold shares need to prepare themselves for the selling shocks to the market that these miscreants can create with help from their bearish sidekicks at the hedge funds.
Alf has outlined quite well that expected sell offs in the future will be in the neighborhood of 16%. Use these price contractions to add to your positions as you are allowed to save in the months ahead. Good luck!
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2741Impressive, you guys guessed it! The new target is a large block of virgin ground North of the Tightner Shaft on the 1,000 foot level. Historically there was good production above this area around the 600 level. Our geologist Raymond Wittkopp has given it a “thumbs up”. Mike and Ian are hopeful. Rehab work is underway to open the area.
Snow in Alleghany. With the exception of a middle of the night storm on the 12th this is the first real snow of the season requiring plowing of the roads. There is 6 to 8 inches in Alleghany and more on top of the hill. It has been snowing on and off all day.
A recent “help wanted” add in the Marysville paper has prompted over 30 calls. Our last add in the Grass Valley paper resulted in only four applicants. The plan is to start interviews next week and hopefully hire two or three new hands. Miners are a rare breed. Finding them and keeping them is more of a challenge now than it has ever been. A substantial investment is made everytime a new hire is brought in. Inexperienced workers require even more of an investment (40 hours of training) making it imperative that we hire men who can make the cut over the long term. Wish us luck as we go “fishing” again.
Thanks to “Tanky” for the recent contributions. Ernie hasn’t read them yet to let us know who you are (and your registration didn’t help either).
Ernie is our full time safety rep. these days.
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2740Just curious if settlement offers seem like a possibility, for all the usual reasons (and to provide an influx of some cash soon).
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2739Dang! I forgot to add Timmy Stanley, Sorry Tim!
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2738The month was August
and my word it was hot
On the bench
black was that rock.
Ernie and Tom
Scotty McDermitt
Robinson , Ian, Joe Bishop the money we earned it.
Days pay was this hole
and I was there on the tramp.
a bunk at the Eagle
brass and a lamp.
The compressers were lousey
you needed both just to muck.
That Eimco 22 Card Cars
came from Ely by truck.
That soft summer evening
the heat from the day.
the sound of the creek
for all to display.
the old rail and junk
from the mining long gone.
quartz by the mile
just washed along.
The sound of all nature
drounded by man
the timing of fuze
a slow muffled blam !
Bang went each shot
pulling each time
no bootlegs here
starting this mine.in reply to: Miscellaneous #2737That actress looks alot better than you Ernie
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2736The summer was hot and the fall was to bloom.
I was down at West Point
felling the gloom.
The Blazing Star mill
was a thing of the past
The Plymouth mine dump
just couldn’t last.
So I headed up north
fair Aleghany
To the 16 to 1
that Lucky Chance baby.
To help with the water
and the bench and the drift
this stoped out hole
raise cut and lift.
Tom Hogan shot the bench
and I collerd the drift
Conner McClucky
that Canadian stiff.
We portalled in
stood posts and the caps
and the 16 again finally had a brand new mine map.
we drove in a ways
and I partnered with Ernie
a thin looking lad
they handled with dirty.
Now I drilled on the right
Ernie the left.
Serpentine slip
we didn’t detect.
the barring was light
we set up to drill
Jackleg and steel
a new ground to kill.
we fired those hammers
and they sang their song.
the air slacked rock
turned on us just wrong.
the back started to peel
a slab came on down.
hit Ernie just right
and spun him around.
tore up his hand
to the bone was bleeding.
bandages scattered
not the ones I was a needing.
We wrapped up his hands
and sent him to town.
stiches remind
you better bar down.
He was gone to the doctor
and a perscription filling.
the bigger rock missed him
so I went back to my drilling.in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2734You think Barrick is an aggressive outfit?
What would you call an entity that borrowed physical gold from central bankers to sell into the open market for a profit while others in the same industry had their earnings reduced as a result or even went bankrupt or just had to leave the industry all together? Well, that’s exactly what Barrick Gold did. In the end, they were immune from any prosecution for market manipulation because they were an admitted agent of the central banks. Sounds like a license to cheat, doesn’t it?
Could Barrick be attempting to steal the in-the-ground gold from the NovaGold shareholders to facilitate not having to buy back the physical metal in the open market that they had orginally sold into? This could be more market manipulation plus intimidation for profit from their reported warning to the NovaGold shareholders.
Who in their right mind would sell their NovaGold shares to Barrick for cash and have to pay a 30% tax on that money at $16 a share and exit the fantastic potential in the years ahead at Donlin Creek?
SBK Consulting’s study of Donlin Creek shows that the deposit has the capability of producing 1.885 million ounces of gold per year at an average cash cost of $223 per ounce of gold over an estimated 22 year life of the project. This estimate was based on the resources established through 2005.
Reported drilling to date can not locate where the deposit ends. This deposit is already an elephant and continued drilling just makes it bigger. Unfortunately, not all of Barrick’s drill results from March of this year on the property have been given to NovaGold sharedholders for whatever reasons.
The gold at Donlin Creek is no-see-gold which means you pick up the ore and can’t see any signs of gold. This is the same physical type ore that is mined on the Carlin trend. The gold is 5 micron sized. NovaGold’s finds at Donlin Creek are as good or better than most of the existing mines in the Carlin trend.
The Carlin trend is 40 miles long while the trend that NovaGold has claims on is, atleast, 10 miles long. Bob Moriarty in 2002 said, NovaGold has found a Carlin trend deposit in Alaska and there is a lot of it.
It appears Barricks doesn’t want to comply, or can’t comply, by the November 2007 dateline to meet their contractual obligations with NovaGold on their Donlin Creek Joint Venture Agreement. If satisfactorily completed, it would have allowed Barrick to back in to an additional 40% interest in the property.
Barrick is offering to buy NovaGold for $1.7 billion. Why would anyone sell it to them for such a redicuously low price when the entire Donlin Creek gold production over the next 22 years will command in the multi billions of dollars?
Mineweb on August 16, 2006 reported the following:
NovaGold President and CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse is fighting mad, and determined to battle Barrick to the finish over what he claims is a litany of illegal and unethical behavior by the worlds’s biggest gold miner.
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2735If you have a strike north of
the “T” shaft h.l. johnson
will roll over where he is.
Best of luck!!in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2733Mighty fine, as they say.
Now, if I had a hunch (besides the one I wear as a perpetual testament to my posture), I’d guess and bet that the new target has something to do with roundy rocks, overhead in an intersect with the old Blue.
Or…(and maybe the same)…
Second guess is that this target is one that makes the heart race, somewhere north of the T-shaft.
Best guess is that you guys most likely have a collective twinkle in your eyes.
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2732No gold production this short week as the focus was on “dead work”. Ironically it is the “dead work” that keeps us alive. Things like new lagging on the 800 level, the ever present task of keeping the mine phones working, making sure the second exit is safe etc.
Scoop heard something about a new target at the Board of Directors meeting yesterday. Management is excited, but scoop doesn’t know how much is ok to reveal, so will leave that for another day.
We are having an incredibly mild November. If this is global warming bring it on! We are sure old man winter will catch up with us.
The crew would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2731Appears that Barrick is a rather agressive outfit. They
want that Donlin Crk. claim.
They should put their money
where their mouth is and really
“up the ante”.in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2730The Mining Journal Online today reported the following:
Barrick Gold Corp. warned shareholders of NovaGold that their company has left important questions unanswered and could see its share price collapse as it fights off the former’s hostile U.S. $1.7 billion takeover bid.
NovaGold said it spent U.S. $4.7 million on legal and advisory costs in the quarter related to Barrick’s bid, originally made in June.
Last week, Barrick dropped the requirement that at least 50.1% of NovaGold’s shares be tendered to its “best and final” offer of U.S. $16 a share, after the vast majority of NovaGold’s shareholders declined the takeover offer.
____________________________This kind of talk from Barrick is most certainly brazen and arrogant. What are they so frustrated about? NovaGold’s main Donlin Creek asset in Alaska is one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold resources but it belongs 70% to NovaGold and 30% Barrick. If Barrick wants to own it, then Barrick will have to resubmit a bid to the company for what it’s worth and then, maybe. The $16 a share bid is way out of line according to many in the industry.
Barrick might have a lot of wealth and political might but the shareholders of NovaGold own the majority of Donlin Creek. Who is pulling the strings at Barrick these days and who is responsible for ordering this threat? Is it time to call Robin Hood and the Merry Men?
The tactic of trying to frighten shareholders is not new. The CDAA carpetbaggers tried it once with this company and are now paying a political price. These attorneys made a crucial mistake, “never underestimate your opponent.” Maybe these people should go back to school and take a course on perspective.
Hopefully, shareholders of NovaGold will continue to tell these guys to go fly a kite until such time that Barrick decides to step up and pat the pony.
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2729The abuse of the law and constituents, manipulation of
Grand Juries and out and out
lying are tactics of the legal
profession that are as old and
as standard operating procedure
as the “world’s oldest profession”.in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2727If you have a question as to
the combustible properties of
the wooden shelves in the shop
near the portal. go to some
govt auction and buy some steel
shelves if they are cheap enough or go to the upper shop
and bring some steel shelves
down if you have them there.
good luck. martinin reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2728in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2726Scoop got side tracked. Sorry, friends.
When a mine has an issue and is unsure whether it violates a federal MSHA regulation, the owner can ask for an inspection. No citations will be given, It is a courtesy visit. Mike asked for an inspection for a new self-contained shop that is less than 100 feet from the Sixteen to One portal. A regulation is in existence that combustion able stuff must be 100 feet from the mine access because smoke could go into the underground workings and threaten the safety of the miners.
This shop has some wooden shelves inside. The outside is all metal, like a box car. MSHA graciously sent an inspector to Alleghany today to have a look at the situation. The mine has several ways to satisfy the regulation. But is it required? First remedy is paint the wood with fire retardant paint. This is acceptable and would cost a couple of hundred dollars…the paint is expensive. It could put in a sprinkler system with those little sprinkler heads that go off at a certain temperature. This would cost less than paint but the guys have had problems with this method due to water pipes freezing.
It is very unlikely that the volume of wood in the shop would impact the miners, let alone hurt them. It is a judgment call that the inspector felt he was not qualified to make. Who is? What are the criteria for either the enforcers or the miners to sway true with an opinion? Judgment is the characteristic that is essential to sound enforcement of regulations. Therefore something must be done to alleviate perhaps a non-problem.
Mike was most gracious with the inspector, a new ex surface miner who has been qualified as an inspector for a year and a half. Mike offered the example that even water and oxygen are toxic (harmful) in certain amounts. It is not the substances but the dosage that is the crucial factor in determining harm.
Scoop has never been in one of America’s coalmines but would be very nervous about his safety. The hard rock mines of Alleghany may make an unfamiliar inspector nervous to the point of writing citations for truly non-concerns. Does this in turn create a violation of a federal regulation and subsequent financial penalties?
Scoop thinks they will just paint the shelves or maybe do both.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2725Our present and future mining plans are moving north along the strike of the vein system we own. Very strong gold showings exist on the 2200-foot level and 2400-foot level in the south; however the cost of mining these locations and the necessary “dead” work renders them impractical at this time. We have not given up on these known pay shoots, which were mapped between 1994 and 1996.
We prepared a short summary of tertiary gravel that applies to our Red Star claims and offer it to you in “The Mine” section of our web site. Mining the tertiary gravel is a bonus worth serious consideration once the old dead river is accessible.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2724Please read and study the article about the Red Star Exploration Program. It is written by Ray Wittkopp, posted today on the web site. Click on the topic “The Mine” listed on the left side index of home page . Article at top of page.
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2723Gold was firmer last week, closing at $627.20.
Mr. Dan Norcini of Houston, Texas states that gold’s action indicates that the former swing higher near the 680 level is in play.
Mr. Norcini makes regular weekly contributions at http://www.jsmineset.com. Current comments and charts on gold, silver, the U.S. Dollar and crude oil are available for viewing.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2721Since that mine was incorperated in Nevada you need to consult the: Nev. Corp. Commissioner the Nevada Secy. of State and your Stock Broker. The Company may have been merged with another one or it may have changed its name or it may have gone out of business. good luck
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2722Mining never stopped.
Adding real social benefits from a successful outcome of plaintiffs’ suit does not hinder or compromise our mining effort to daylight gold from the Sixteen to One vein. The pursuit of compensation, justice and accountability from some evil legal/political machinations is a positive undertaking, similar to that which was successfully undertaken against MSHA. Success will benefit shareholders’ equity, value and potential to exploit their exceptional mineral deposit. The effort is worth the reward or the reward is worth the effort.
The crew sacked high-grade last Tuesday, gold in two places showing, two slab rounds but, like most of our mining, the continuation and value of the pocket will not be known until after it is mined. Kind of reminds one of some of the problems associated with the study of geology; however, you will never know unless you go.
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2719I have an old stock certificate issued by the Gold Zone Mining Corportation, incorporated in Nevada on January 10, 1951. I’ve reasearched but haven’t been able to find anything on this mine/company. If anyone has any information or tips on researching, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
in reply to: Miscellaneous #2720Dear Buzz,
I believe the State of California, Department of Corporations, in Sacramento, is the place to go.
If not, ask a stockbroker.
Best regards,
Dick
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2718get over it and get back to mining.
in reply to: Ideal Time for Facts #2717Most every adult in California and the United States of America know and have expressed their discontent with lawyers in modern times. It was not always this way. In fact sixty years ago people believed that lawyers were right up there with doctors in trust and social stature. What happened? Most importantly, what can be done about the sorry state of affairs regarding our lives, as lawyers continue to stink up the environment?
Is it true that the lawyers who form sentences with colorful words and metaphors will be the ones to subjugate the rules of society? Will they be the winners over the evidence and the law? A number of new TV shows seem to have this theme. Lawyers certainly do not add to America’s gross national product with many of their antics. An example of such drivel just passed into my hands in the form of Mr. Tom Knox’s reply brief to the august California Court of Appeals, 3rd District in Sacramento.
For those of you following the self serving, law breaking (misleading a grand jury), antics of the California District Attorneys Association and four of their non government employees, you know that I have the greatest respect for our legal system and hold many practicing lawyers in the highest esteem. Four of my former attorneys are Superior Court judges.
I write about this case with the hope that honorable men and women of law will seize this case with the passion they once held for lawyering. Remember years ago when every comedian, analyst and the average Joe or Joanne bantered lawyer joke after lawyer joke. The trade must have recognized the pit they were in. Jokes subsided but the root causes of America’s feelings about lawyers did not change. Today people have moved on to other target of scorn or sadly came to the conclusion that improvement would not materialize. No, no, no. Improvement is nearby. Improvement is vital for our society to keep pace with the microeconomics of a global economy. The bleeding of money into nonproductive work must stop. All that separates our American society from slavery are guns and the judges seated in our courtrooms. My bet goes with the courtroom.
So, what is the improvement to clean the scene lurking nearby? Fortunately, in California there is a State Bar with rules of conduct legislated into law by our elected representatives. There are consequences for misbehavior: disbarment and criminal prosecution if probable cause exists. Lawyers are like doctors in that they hate to testify let alone prosecute one of their own. Why is beyond me. This is how we survive as a free and independent country. I know that the code was broken for doctors two decades ago. I had such an experience with a doctor who was knowledgeable about the death of my seven-year-old son at the University of California at Davis hospital in Sacramento and not afraid or too busy to speak out. Because of him and because of what I did about his disclosure, changes were made that may have saved seriously injured children in an emergency room.
So today another opportunity exists to improve the American or at least the Californian judicial system. You should be outraged at Mr. Tom Knox’s assertions along with his arrogant style of presentation to the 3rd Appellate Court.. You will be, but that may not be enough. The CDAA gang worked to infiltrate a small rural public office; they solicited business through its non profit corporation of taxpayers money, they played politics with the law; they violated the trust of Californians and sought to privatize prosecution and criminalize accidents; they indicted without probable cause, knowingly, I might add. Now they want to get a pass on the theory that they are not responsible for their behavior, are immune from accountability and free to continue to screw up people’s lives and businesses.
You should be outraged. You should also recognize that opportunities to correct the long-standing decline in professional behavior of lawyers are before the Court. Lloyds of London is paying for Mr. Knox. We do not have that luxury. What we do have is the law and the truth of the sinister lawyering performed by Gale Filter, who led an inexperienced subordinate and two others to conspire in Sierra County. Help me change the course of unacceptable behavior.
This brief is 39 pages. I’m not sure how to get it broadly distributed. I will make copies and mail to anyone asking until we find another way. Here is the thrust and tone of Mr. Tom Knox’s fictional prose. It is in his conclusion. “The conduct of Appellants that forms the gravamen of Respondent’s case – the prosecution – falls within the ambit of the anti-SLAPP statute. Appellants’ conduct as prosecutors was not illegal…… As to the second prong of the anti-SLAPP test, Appellants are entitled to the benefit of prosecutorial immunity and the litigation privilege.” If in the minds of the defendants they are “entitled to the benefit” they hold themselves out to be a privileged class of Californians, something the constitution speaks directly to.
So, why did the Attorney General step into this case? Here is one answer that few know. CDAA recently admitted that several counties in California failed to properly swear deputy DA’s as required by law. When a new DA is elected, his or her deputies must be appointed in writing under strict rules. Think about how disruptive this could be for convicted inmates when they learn that the man or woman prosecuting them was not authorized to do so. Oh, my goodness! What a mess! What a potentially costly mess! Fortunately for California, the issues of our case will not set a precedent for others to barter a new trial. Why? (CDAA likely did not tell the AG’s office as they lobbied to get it to write an amicus brief in support of their unlawful activities in Sierra County) Why? In other counties the other deputy DA’s are government employees. The CDAA gang is non-government employees, a big difference.
When I learned about the admissions by a CDAA employee about the plight of real deputy DA’s, I too became concerned. It is my intentions to improve the law not find a reason for others to circumvent real crime. I telephoned my old attorney, who represented me in Santa Barbara in 1969. He is a Superior Court judge now. I explained the situation (he knew about the criminal indictment filed against me and the mine). He said, “Mike, that is not your problem or concern. Do what you need to do. Let the legal ramifications fall where they will.” It was free advice and good advice. What are the next steps to take?
in reply to: Clips from Alleghany #2716California’s oldest weekly newspaper makes its home in Downieville, the county seat of Sierra County. Each week on the back page is a slice of history, sometimes 100 years ago, sometimes less. Last week carried a story from the Saturday October 27, 1906 edition. The headline in big bold print said, “$100,000 In Three Blasts.”
Scoop knows that $100,000 in 1906 was about 5,000 ounces (gold sold for $20.67 an ounce). Here’s is the short article:
“The above is the latest record for the Tightner mines in Alleghany in the southern part of the county. The above amount was taken out last Tuesday. We would like to hear from other sections of the world for a better record.”
Well, there is no record challenging this production. On December 17, 1993, the greatest recorded single day production of 2,500 ounces was blasted from the 1330 stope of the Sixteen to One for a record amount of $1,000,000 (gold spot was $450 an ounce).
in reply to: Gold Enters Major Bull Market #2710A major informative article has been written and posted to http://www.jsmineset.com entitled, Another Dastardly Deed Has Been Done.
Mr. Sinclair calls the deed an unfortunate super spin.
Check it out and get educated.
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