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Neil Young: Silver & Gold

Silver & GoldReprise For a guy once known as "the godfather of grunge," Neil Young can be quite a perfectionist. He's been fine-tuning Silver & Gold since 1997, and previewed it out…

1980: Heiden's Gold Heist

The man who won the speed skating equivalent of a sprint, a marathon, and everything in between by John Gettings Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years…

Brewer's: Cunobelin's Gold Mines

Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cunobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as…

Brewer's: Gold Purse of Spain

Andalusia is so called because it is the city from which Spain derives its chief wealth. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GoldenGold A B C D E F G H…

Brewer's: Field of the Cloth of Gold

The plain, near Guisnes, where Henry VIII. had his interview with Francois I. in 1520; so called from the splendour and magnificence displayed there on the occasion. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Marks of Gold and Silver

The date-mark on gold or silver articles is some letter of the alphabet indicating the year when the article was made. Thus, in the Goldsmith's Company of London:- From 1716 to 1755 it was…

Winter Games: Gold Medals

Figure Skating–MenFigure Skating–WomenSpeed Skating–MenSpeed Skating–WomenSkiing, Alpine–MenSkiing, Alpine–WomenIce HockeyFreestyle Skiing—MenFreestyle Skiing—Women2006 United States…

Cripple Creek

(Encyclopedia) Cripple Creek, village (2020 pop. 1,155), alt. 9,375 ft (2,858 m), seat of Teller co., central Colo.; inc. 1892. Primarily a summer…

cyanide process

(Encyclopedia) cyanide process or cyanidation, method for extracting gold from its ore. The ore is first finely ground and may be concentrated by flotation; if it contains certain impurities, it may…

East Coolgardie Goldfield

(Encyclopedia) East Coolgardie GoldfieldEast Coolgardie Goldfieldk&oomacr;lgärˈdē [key], Western Australia, SW Australia. It is the richest gold field in Australia. The chief mining center is the…