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1st Annual Placer County Open Gold Panning Championships—1999
November 1999 by Annie Robinson
Before it was over, 200 buckets of gravel and gold were swished and swirled in competition to determine who was the best gold panner in the County.Placers Directly Associated with Lode Deposits
Placers that are directly associated with lode deposits are sometimes overlooked and may have good potential for those who are willing to search for them.
Confluence Placers
Confluences of placer streams are well known as concentration sites for heavy minerals. The basic reason is that...
Microbes Play Role in Gold Creation
Researchers in Australia have uncovered evidence that a tiny microbe may have the Midas touch of Greek legend, capable of turning dust to gold.
What's In A Name?
The names attached to these areas came about from many sources. Many are easy to see why the name was given while others had a more contrasting note to them.
Repair / Replace Tax Rule Changes
In an effort to resolve the controversy over whether certain expenditures made by a mining operation or mining-related business are currently deductible as repair expenses...the Internal Revenue Service has finally released new regulations.
BLM Land Swap Deal Raises Eyebrows
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Washington D.C. is reviewing a land swap with a private company because the bureau allowed an employee of the company to arrange the deal.
The Bawl Mill
• Court to government: “Can you hear me now?”
• There’s gold in them thar… holes?
• FEMA (Free Easy Money for All)
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The Bawl Mill
• USPS Delays ICMJ Delivery at Oakland, CA Processing Center
• Another Gold Heist Reported at Nome
• No Need to Rewrite Mining Regs, NAS Study Confirms
• BLM Filing Requirements for Small Miners' Waiver
• Asarco Accepts Phelps Dodge Buyout
• Once Lonely, Mojave Desert Phone Now World's Companion
• Judge Blocks Road Protest
• Company to Sue Over Stymied Gold Mine
• No Mining / Logging on 40 Million Acres
• Catastrophism vs. Uniformitarianism
• Picks & Pans: The Ten-Pennyweight Nugget
• Mining in Sonora, Mexico
• Pullin' the Pin
• Land of Golden Dreams—California in the Gold Rush Decade
• Cerro Colorado Silver, Arizona
• Progressive Privy Program Proved Popular
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Surging Gold Prices Burn a Few Unlucky Mining Firms
• Looking Back
