The Bureau of Labor Statistics' measure on consumer inflation showed a 1% monthly rise in May, bringing the year-over-year inflation gauge up to 8.6%, a fresh 41-year high. Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK) and Silvercorp Metals (NYSEMKT: SVM) climbed 8% each, while Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) picked up 7%. Instead, an asset that people have used for thousands of years as a store of value -- gold -- showed solid gains, and that gave a big boost to mining and stocks that produce the precious metal.