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A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part II
October 2003 by Lawrence Dee
The following are situations that the modern prospector would do well to research. Some specific areas are described, but more importantly they present background into what the author feels are worthwhile and generally overlooked situations...
NMFS Official Admits Bogus ESA Analyses
In its typical ham-handed approach to limiting government power, Congress specified that “critical habitat shall not include the entire geographical area which can be occupied by the threatened or endangered species”...
First Woman to Draw Mining Pension
For generations, men willing to endure physical labor have been able to make a decent living working as miners on the Marquette Iron Range. But it has been only in the last 25 years that the open-pit facilities have given women the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and dig into hard labor.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Change is coming at Interior
• Interior Department seeking public comment regarding minerals
Pebble Deposit Reveals Mineral Potential
The vast potential of the Pebble deposit is becoming more clear each day.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Changes to wetlands
• 43 CFR 3809
• Scaled-back version of CARA passes in the dead of night
• Sierra Nevada Framework
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• The 1872 Mining Law
• Roadless decision due soon
• MSHA Review Commission
• Sage grouse decision due soon
Melman on Gold & Silver
The Province of British Columbia, one of mining’s most active venues, has just issued a clear warning call to all miners that regulatory changes are on the way, and they may not be welcome ones…
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The Bawl Mill
• Brighter Days Ahead Reports Nevada Mining Association
• Waldo Miners File Suit
• Roll-Front Uranium Deposits
• Deadly Storms May Expose Gems in Sri Lanka
• Picks & Pans: Dredging and Detecting in Sierra City
• Hidden Features in Venezuela
• Dredging for Monazite in Idaho
• Gold in the Philippines
• 2003 California State Gold Panning Championships
• Judge Holds Companies Liable for Some Damage
• The Golden Highway—Tuolumne County
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
