1.   They traded wildly in mining stock and railroads, in steamships and telegraphs.

2.   Among the biggest losers were mining stocks as metal prices dropped further.

3.   And gold mining stocks had a great quarter in a week.

4.   And strikes this important often set off booms in Australian mining stocks.

5.   At that level, the mining stocks themselves could double.

6.   AUSTRALIAN stocks dropped, led by mining stocks such as Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd., amid concern that declines in metal prices will crimp profits, traders said.

7.   Australian gold mining stocks are prospering.

8.   A geologist by training, Donald tends to avoid mining stocks in South Africa, which he says is too unstable.

9.   Chilean stocks rallied to records as heavy rains boosted shares in hydroelectric utilities and rising copper prices bolstered mining stocks.

10.   Colorado stocks fell for the first time in more than two weeks as falling copper, gold and platinum prices hurt mining stocks.