Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash	$ 4,212	$ 657,944
Inventories, current (Note 4)	600,000	142,921
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	102,251	132,747
Total Current Assets	706,463	933,612
INVENTORIES, non-current, (Note 4)	2,721,936	2,951,011
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net (Note 5)	3,621,436	4,039,887
MINERAL PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS, net (Note 6)	1,114,675	1,096,482
RECLAMATION BONDS (Note 6)	753,054	752,754
TOTAL ASSETS	8,917,564	9,773,746
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	679,580	744,943
Accrued liabilities - officer and other wages (Note 14)	709,577	495,808
Interest payable - related parties (Note 7)	317,436	192,842
Short-term notes payable - related party (Note 13)		34,500
Convertible debt - related parties (Note 7)	1,278,000	850,000
Obligation under capital lease - related party, current portion (Note 8)	84,110	120,461
Notes payable - equipment, current portion (Note 9)	452,214	813,818
Note payable - related party (Note 10)	625,000	625,000
Total Current Liabilities	4,145,917	3,877,372
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Asset retirement obligation (Note 11)	1,046,621	974,109
Obligation under capital lease - related party (Note 8)		51,714
Note and interest payable - related party (Note 10)	24,464,670	21,225,102
Notes payable - equipment (Note 9)	16,817	453,276
Total long-term liabilities	25,528,108	22,704,201
TOTAL LIABILITIES	29,674,025	26,581,573
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Notes 12, 13, 14, and 15)
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (Note 3)
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 13,956,603 and 13,656,603 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	13,828	13,528
Additional paid-in capital	9,143,418	9,131,718
Accumulated deficit	(29,915,289)	(25,954,655)
Total Stockholders' (Deficit)	(20,756,461)	(16,807,827)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)	8,917,564	9,773,746
Series A Preferred Stock
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (Note 3)
Preferred stock, value	958	958
Series A-1 Preferred Stock
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (Note 3)
Preferred stock, value
Series A-2 Preferred Stock
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (Note 3)
Preferred stock, value	180	180
Series B Preferred Stock
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) (Note 3)
Preferred stock, value	$ 444	$ 444

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due within one year (or the operating cycle, if longer), including liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received, taxes, interest, rent and utilities, accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits.