The following list is of articles and reference papers we recommend for general reading on the subject of mineral investing and patenting.

NEW!! What You Need To Know About Gold Mining Claims.
An article of the how to and the history of staking your gold mining claims. Including understanding of the Mining Law of 1872. From our sister publication GoldMiningClaims.net)

NEW!! Gold Rush Alaska- Reality Alaska Placer Gold Mining.
An old timer prospector gives advice to those looking to go gold procpecting in Alaska. (From GoldMining.net)

An “Industry Up” Newsletter for Stockbroker Challenged Investors Wondering About the Safety of Hard Metals. Spring Issue, 2010. Also this newsletter can be downloaded as a printable PDF

Silver Investments—Investing In Silver Futures 101:
An article showing the history of silver investments and the way to invest in silver by going direct to the silver ore source.

Why The Scorn About Investing In Mining?:
Those of us in the mineral exploration business, or at least those of us that consider themselves frontier Americans, have known for sometime that when the Back East "silk stocking" boys were flapping their lips, then what was coming out was at the very least, very one sided.

Patenting Mining Claims —
By William B Murray, LL. B., J.D.
No matter what a previous Secretary of the Interior said to the press to garner votes for his administration, this mineral investment incentive still is the law of the land.

A Benjamin Franklin Moment:
By Poor Richard, himself
An updated look at financial independence. (From sister mining publication DiversifiedInvestments.net)

Thank You Arthur Anderson—
We are no longer the “bad guys,” and why NOW is the time to take a look at funding exploration programs.

It Is Time Again...But Where Are The Juniors? : A to the point, hard hitting, no punches held back, commentary by Barry Murray that explores the current need for junior investors to step up to the plate.

Starting Over : By Silver Dollar Dan - An article on investing in silver in the up-cycle of mining verses the old way of stock investing.

Making It In Mining:
What does it take to make it in mining? This article may give you some food for thought on that subject.(From sister mining publication DiversifiedInvestments.net)

Industrial Minerals...better than investing in gold:
Often overlooked by prospectors in the field, or those surfing for opportunities on the Internet as they are considered by some to be a 'big company' only game, the 'ordinary' minerals used every day are anything but boring.
From IndustrialMinerals.org

The Really Really Big Picture—The really, really big picture of what is happening on Wall Street today.(From sister mining publication DiversifiedInvestments.net)