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California Dredgers Shafted by Assembly Democrats
July 2010 by Scott Harn
Legislation designed to provide full permit refunds to all suction dredge miners in California has been hijacked in an Assembly policy committee.Randsburg—Still Going Strong
Soon after the rich gold discoveries at Ballarat, near Death Valley, prospectors fanned out all over Southern California's Mohave Desert. Minor discoveries were made in many dry washes, gullies, and desolate areas, but no discovery has had the impact of the one that Frederick Mooers, John Singleton, and Charles Burcham, made in 1895.
The Hunch
The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here, meaning no bold, favorable indicators.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• PLP continues the fight for miners' rights
• Oregon miners fight back
• Bills address strategic minerals
Ask The Experts
Can a metal detector be used to find limonitic gossan material?
Spectacular Specimens Found in Northern Nevada
A prospector, who wishes to remain nameless, located the pictured chevron gold specimens on October 29, 2003.
Researching Mineralized Areas
There are a load of ways to do research, and I’m going to talk about how I do it—maybe you’ll get some ideas that will work for you, too.
Gold in Guyana—Part I: Porknocking on the Puruni River Road
In part one of this two-part series on gold in Guyana, I describe artisanal mining efforts currently winning alluvial gold from small-scale placer operations located along the lower Puruni River and its tributaries.
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The Bawl Mill
• Rare Earth Deposit May Be Awaiting Discovery
• When Gold Moves, Placers Form
• Beginner's Luck
• The Curious Saga of the Jack Wade Creek Dredge
• The Guaniamo Diamond Region, Venezuela—Part I
• Nevada Mining Tax Fails in Signature Drive
• Taxes, Numbers & Mining
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• What Was That Article Again?
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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• The Whabouchi Lithium Project
