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Bill to Allow Mining of Coeur d'Alene Basin
April 2005 by Staff
A state House committee supported legislation sponsored by Rep. Dick Harwood that would allow state mining leases for tailings and dumps, which Idaho law currently prohibits.Additional articles that might interest you...
Spanish Police Seize Ship in Treasure Fight
August 2007
Spanish Civil Guards heightened a battle over a $500 million treasure of gold and silver coins from a shipwreck when they seized a vessel belonging to a Tampa, Florida company.
Spanish Civil Guards heightened a battle over a $500 million treasure of gold and silver coins from a shipwreck when they seized a vessel belonging to a Tampa, Florida company.
Our Readers Say
June 2007
I enjoy your magazine very much. I read it from cover to cover every month.
I enjoy your magazine very much. I read it from cover to cover every month.
Zeballos Gold Camp, British Columbia
June 2004
The mining and logging camp of Zeballos (pop. 272) is located on an arm of Esperanza Inlet, on the southwest side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Vancouver Island is 301 miles, by road, and reaches elevations as high as 7,249 feet.

MMAC & PLP Update
September 2016
We definitely got their undivided attention with our presentations. As a direct result of our presentations, the Desert Advisory Council recommended a Memorandum of Understanding be put together between the council and the Rand Mining District. This MOU was recently completed.

Melman on Gold & Silver
July 2009
It is becoming increasingly clear that Barack Obama will be an activist President. Unlike his predecessors, he appears set on using the powers of government in an unusually aggressive manner in order to accomplish “public good.”

The Bawl Mill
September 2005
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