Alaska Minerals Poster Available from BLM

March 1999 by Associated Press

Forest Service v. Michael & Linda Backlund

December 2010
On Tuesday morning, August 26, 2010, my clients Michael and Linda Backlund were forced to plead guilty to a charge of violating 36 CFR §261.10(b), which criminalizes maintaining a residence on Forest Service land without authorization “when such authorization is required.” This is a new regulation pursuant to which virtually anything, even a tent, is an unlawful “residence” unless authorized in advance.

Company Notes

October 2000
• Pan American Silver Corp.
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Pacific Rim Mining Corp.

New ICMJ Website Almost Here

October 2016

Legislative and Regulatory Update

July 2012
• Forest Service proposes next step in Agenda 21
• 9th Circuit deals blow to small miners

The Significance of Boulders in Placer Deposits

February 2010
The good news about boulders is they can trap heavy minerals. The bad news is moving them out of the way can be a real struggle.

Rock and Formations of the Mother Lode Gold Belt

October 2015
The faulting, folding and shearing that occurred in the Mother Lode belt has created zones of structurally weak rocks or contacts between different types of rock, which has been favorable for the deposition of gold bearing ores.

Hard Rock Milling: A Matter of Scale

April 2013
Most prospectors understand placer mining a lot better than hard rock mining and don’t realize the amount of work that goes into processing different types of hard rock ore.

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