Dictionary of Mining Terminology
An extensive dictionary (26,000 terms) to help with your research, from the Info-Mine.

Historical Construction Equipment Association
This large site has lots of photos, and information available on the machinery that dredged the goldfields of the North, built the Alaska Highway etc.

Historic Gold Prices
A wide range of information on gold prices, including a chart of annual prices since 1793.

Historic Silver Prices
Yearly averages from the London Exchange from 1833 to the present day.

How to Pan For Gold
See just how simple it is to catch "gold fever"!

Mining History Network
Dr. Roger Burt's large site provides access to some excellent information of interest to mining historians.

Northair Group
This management company's focus in northern Canada is on gold and diamond properties - their operating companies are listed on the NWT and Nunavut pages.

Placer Mining Bibliography, 1896-1966
A massive resource of worldwide references, compiled and annotated by Parks Canada - hundreds of references on dredges alone.

Precious Metals - Current Prices
Hourly updates on gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium prices in New York, London, and Asia.

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