Stats. Thanks.

So I was taking a good look at my blogger stats today. I've looked before but I spent most of yesterday looking at classified ad sites. I joined some. I've been an amazon affiliate for some time and tried Google as well. I believe I've made less than $50 combined in about 4 years. But I'm still trying. Necessity is the mother of invention so it is said. From this perspective I was taking a hard look at my stats for both of my blogs. I have one that's older than this one. I noticed a bit of traffic from the Ancient Lost Treasure forum. To them I say thank you. It was interesting to look at the forum threads that brought them to the blog and read the comments. Some visitors were within the last week. Some of the blog comments were about 4 years old. Again thank you and thanks to all visitors. The other blog?

http://wasatchphotos.blogspot.com.

New Amazon a-store for Gold Prospecting Equipment

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We need to use our American Resources.

 Government Scientist Believed Impacts from Arizona Uranium Mining "Grossly Overestimated" in Obama Administration Document
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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2012 - Internal emails obtained by the House Natural Resources Committee raise significant questions into the science used by the Obama Administration to justify a 20-year ban on uranium development on one million acres of federal land in Arizona. In the emails, scientists within the National Park Service discuss how the potential environmental impacts were “grossly overestimated” in the Administration’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and that the potential impacts are “very minor to negligible.”

Trump to Newsmax
“We’re closing up coals plants all over the place and yet China is spewing out [pollution] like it’s nothing. So we don’t use our resources. When you talk about the energy under our own feet, when you look at North Dakota and a few other places where they’re going wild and where unemployment is at such a great level, and you look at what’s happening between the Environmental Protection Agency and all the environmental problems that have been falsely created, we’re not allowed to take our own energy.

“I’m a big fan of the Keystone pipeline. But at the same time I don’t even like getting energy from Canada, and I love Canada. But we don’t need energy from Canada. We have it all here.

“With that being said, we should still have the Keystone pipeline. It means thousands and thousands of jobs and it’s another resource for energy so it’s a good thing, and it’s only going to be sold to China anyway.

 Read more on Newsmax.com:

Trump to Newsmax: I'm Mulling Own Super PAC to Defeat Obama

The market-clearing price for new 2015 capacity – almost all natural gas – was $136 per megawatt. That’s eight times higher than the price for 2012, which was just $16 per megawatt. In the mid-Atlantic area covering New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and DC the new price is $167 per megawatt. For the northern Ohio territory served by FirstEnergy, the price is a shocking $357 per megawatt.

Read more:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/22/obamas-war-on-coal-hits-your-electric-bill/#ixzz1vuTIlRmL

Senator Barrasso on Fox Business with Lou Dobbs

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxZe5YcBMyDI%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&feature=youtu.be&v=xZe5YcBMyDI&gl=US

These leases that were withdrawn were done so illegally.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=51673

In the mountainous Green River Basin of the American West, running through Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, the American people own lands containing an estimated one trillion barrels of oil, more than triple the amount of Saudi Arabia’s proven oil reserves and far exceeding anything we could have dreamed a few decades ago

This incredible supply—made of up most of the world’s oil shale —should be a cause for national celebration, since it has the potential both to lower gasoline prices and to increase government revenues without raising taxes.

In 2008, this exciting energy story was just beginning to bear fruit, as the Bush administration issued 77 leases (after a seven-year environmental review process) for energy companies looking to develop the oil shale.

Then came President Barack Obama. Within weeks of his inauguration, the Obama Interior Department withdrew the leases.

Gold Cube

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United States reliant on other countries for rare earth minerals.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=51301

“The United States is heavily reliant on foreign countries such as China for critical minerals that are the building blocks of our economy and imperative to renewable energy development, military technology and the manufacturing of nearly all of our electronic devices,” said Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), chairman of the House Resources Committee.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/227217-mining-policies-threaten-national-security-and-economy

Here we are again: at the mercy of a foreign government for a natural resource essential to our economic and national security. President Obama’s recent announcement that the United States plans to file a case with the World Trade Organization against China’s export restrictions on rare earth minerals highlights the under-reported fact that our nation’s reliance on foreign minerals is even more pronounced than our dependence on foreign oil.

It takes too long in the U.S. to get a mining permit.

This delay in getting mining permits in America is costing our country jobs. It is hurting collectively the mining industry in America. This while other countries like Canada, Australia, China and Brazil are surging ahead. Canada and Australia are well established in mining while China and Brazil have recent surged perhaps even pulling ahead of America in some instances. Rare earths in China. Biofuels in Brazil. We have the resources but are not using them. That seems like treason to me. This is destroying America while other countries are prospering. We are losing our middle class while the middle class in China and India is emerging in a big way. It is good to see them prosper and I say God bless them but it should not have to come at the expense of America. We need H.R. 4402 and we need it yesterday. A healthier and better America is a healthier and better world.

May 2, 2012 In testimony last week before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, National Mining Association (NMA) President & CEO Hal Quinn urged strong congressional support for the Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012 (H.R. 4402), sponsored by Republican Mark Amodei (R-Nev.): “H.R. 4402 tackles one of the highest hurdles for domestic mining: permit delays. The length, complexity and uncertainty of the permitting process are the primary reasons investors give for not investing in U.S. minerals mining,” Quinn told the subcommittee. “Delaying permits for mining projects is not a new problem. What is new is the growing awareness of its implications for our nation, particularly in a highly competitive world economy in which the demand for minerals continues to grow, especially in fast growing economies led by China and India.”. For more information click on the link below.

http://www.im-mining.com/2012/05/02/nmas-quinn-says-hr-4402-addresses-us-permitting-delays-that-obstruct-investment-jobs-and-economy/

Prospecting.

In some earlier posts I have talked a little bit about prospecting. I gave some information about some of my grandfather's claims and recently a few posts about my dad's claims. I have decided to add this prospecting slant to the theme of this blog and put more emphasis on it. It won't be just about gold, though I will be talking about that. It will also be about gemstones. If you check out some of the links you will see that I have already made a step in that direction. I have also had a few posts about gemstones and will likely do much more in this area. I will also mention from time to time some current events in our country, America, that affect prospecting, mining our resources and individual prospectors. I will likely move away from the nutrition theme of this blog. I am doing this rather than start a new blog because this one is already establishes and does have some foundation for the theme of prospecting.

Putting NObama on the flag.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/14/us-flag-depicting-president-obama-removed-from-floridas-lake-county-democratic/


http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/15/10702389-obamas-image-on-american-flag-angers-vets?lite http://abcnews.go.com/US/OTUS/florida-flag-featuring-obama-provokes-death-threats-democratic/story?id=15937120#.T61LsubCsuU


http://www.infowars.com/flag-bearing-the-face-of-president-obama-hangs-in-new-jersey/


http://www.newsmax.com/US/obama-american-flag-veterans/2012/03/14/id/432541


Only a few days earlier, many a constitutional scholar were left with their jaws dropped down near their ankles, following Obama’s White House lawn speech, where he dismissed the US Supreme Court, as an “Unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constitutional and passed law”, referring to their ability to overturn Obamacare legislation as unconstitutional. Such a statement could be viewed as disturbing to 21st century America, considering the record amount of unlawfull executive orders and signing statements which have taken place under both GW Bush and Obama over the last 12 years.  (Info wars) Only a few days earlier, many a constitutional scholar were left with their jaws dropped down near their ankles, following Obama’s White House lawn speech, where he dismissed the US Supreme Court, as an “Unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constitutional and passed law”, referring to their ability to overturn Obamacare legislation as unconstitutional. Such a statement could be viewed as disturbing to 21st century America, considering the record amount of unlawfull executive orders and signing statements which have taken place under both GW Bush and Obama over the last 12 years.

Elko Mining Expo and Salt Lake Gem Faire

I just found out today about the Elko Mining Expo. Now I want to go. It is on June 7-8, 2012 in Elko. I'm going to ask my cousin if he wants to go and I have another person that said he wouldn't mind going either. The week after that is the Gem Faire at the South Towne Exposition Center June 15-17, 2012 and I have three free passes. I will likely try to follow up on some gemstone prospecting. I will also look for opportunities to sell any gems that I may find. I will also check into the faceting of gemstones. Sounds like a lot of opportunity and fun.

 http://www.exploreelko.com/miningexpo.shtml

http://gemfaire.com/

http://elkodaily.com/