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BLM 3809 Final Rule Implications
March 2001 by Scott Harn
Many readers of ICMJ have asked for more information regarding the BLM’s 3809 regulation changes that were pushed through just prior to the departure of the Clinton Administration.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Whatever sense of security and peace the Western World had managed to restore was shattered on July 7, when four bombs were detonated on three trains and a double-decker bus in London, England, killing an estimated 70 people and injuring another 700.
Ask The Experts—Is it possible for a mountain range to have good lode gold deposits and yet the area streams not carrying like deposits of gold?
Q: Is it possible for a mountain range to have good lode gold deposits and yet the area streams not carrying like deposits of gold? Or do the two go hand-in-hand?
I Finally Made It to Northern Nevada
After a while I got a very nice signal and out came a sweet kidney-shaped bit of gold weighing about three grams.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California dredging update
• On a related issue, SB 233
• EPA and greenhouse gases
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Back to Basics--Finding Gold With a Pan and a Sluice
Don’t hunker down and just keep digging in one spot where there is very little or no gold—if you don’t find it, you’ve got to get up and move on!
Melman on Gold & Silver
The Federal Reserve just reported that inflation exceeded their 2% target for the first time in five years and the University of Michigan reported their inflationary expectations have now risen to 2.7%.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Gem Theft in Tucson
• Winter Dredging
• Selecting a Gold Recovery System
• Placer Diamonds in Venezuela
• Picks & Pans: Leon Always Finds the Most Gold
• Company Notes
• The Swift Shore Mine 1862—Present
• Placer Gold in the Black Hills, South Dakota
• Platinum and Diamond Discoveries Shine New Light on Historic Alaska Gold-Mining District
• GATA Update
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
