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Adventure at the 420 Level
March 2000 by Sam E. Phifer, P.G.

Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold
We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comments needed
• Reid goes to bat for miners
Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Professional Nuggetshooter

Treasure Hunters Abound in Greece
Greed nearly starved Greece's legendary gold-transforming King Midas to death—but still they haven't learned.
Nevada Claim Holders Form Coalition
Unlike producing mines, exploration companies and claim holders owning non-producing claims are not reaping a windfall of increased profits from the recent high prices for precious metals and other raw materials.
Our Readers Say
• "Well, that's what we've been told, isn't it?"
RS 2477 Fact vs. Fiction
The recent increased public attention given to Revised Statute 2477 rights-of-way also has been accompanied by an increase in misinformation being spread by some anti-access environmental groups and federal bureaucrats.
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The Bawl Mill
• Group Sues Feds Over New Nat'l Monuments
• Tribe Joins Idaho in Roadless Suit
• 10,000 Shovels Back Protest
• Letter to the Editor—From Mike Miller, President, Original Sixteen to One Mine
• U.S. Dept. of Interior Inspectors in Arizona
• Wyoming Tops in Royalties
• Sunnyside, Arizona
• Evaluating a Placer Discovery
• Company Notes
• Treasures for Sale
• "Gold" Coin Debuts
• Picks & Pans: Prospecting at Mills Creek, Alaska
• Delamar District, Nevada
• Millie's Tailings
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices