2001 World Gold Panning Championships

February 2002 by Staff

California Dredgers Shafted by Assembly Democrats

July 2010
Legislation designed to provide full permit refunds to all suction dredge miners in California has been hijacked in an Assembly policy committee.

The Bawl Mill

December 2014

• A lack of intelligence

• The $40,000 bird

• A little too transparent, a little too late

Northwest Miners Rally a Success

November 2004
This year’s rally worked extremely well with over twenty exhibitors and four seminars on various aspects of mining running throughout, as well as active river demonstrations of equipment. The hands-on approach, allowing people to try the suction dredges and power sluices, recovered well-distributed fine gold.

Picks & Pans: Dredging Costa Rica

October 2001
My interest in gold mining began with a few friends who, knowing that I was a chemist by trade (never mind that I am a biochemist), interrogated me every day at the gringo coffee shop in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2018

If the costs of financing the national debt increase in a manner described in this study, that should, in our opinion, be regarded as a long-term plus for the precious metals.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

August 2001
• The next step towards implementing the Wildlands Project
• Former timber lobbyist named to oversee Forest Service

Arizona's Vulture Gold Mine and Lost Dutchman

May 2012
When prospectors and treasure hunters talk of gold in Arizona, it is the Lost Dutchman or Vulture mine they usually think of. The Lost Dutchman gold mine is just that—a myth chalked full of holes that has been embellished over time as any good legend should be.

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