gold mine
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The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is seeking to extract rare earth minerals.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Twenty-five workers were inside the gold mine when the tailings dam - a structure which holds mining waste - burst on 25 March.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
There are currently only two operational mines on the island -- one gold mine in the south, and one for anorthosite, a rock containing titanium, on the west coast.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Johannesburg was a city built up around the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, and Crown Mines was the largest gold mine in the city of gold.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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