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California State Gold Panning Championship Results
November 2000 by Staff
This year the State Gold Panning Championships were held August 24-27, at the California State Fair, sponsored by the Motherlode Goldhounds and Cal Expo.Our Readers Say
This is in response to Norbert Beckstrom’s letter in the November issue of the ICMJ. He wrote in reference to a letter by Jerry Hobbs in the October issue. If anyone opened up a can of worms, it is Mr. Beckstrom.
The Power of Mining Districts
...Most importantly, the mining districts can open the federal land to multiple-use by the public on principles of inclusion rather than the present-day exclusions...
Hundreds Rally in Support of PLP Octoberfest Fundraiser
...more folks rolled in on Saturday morning and many were eager to venture out onto the Sleepy Bear property—all 415 acres—and try their luck at finding some gold.
Washoe County Balks at Black Rock Desert Plan
The Washoe County Commission raised concerns about Sen. Richard Bryan's tentative proposal to protect the Black Rock Desert...
Sluicing and Detecting Downstream
…early last fall, I found my first gold-rich patch along a few crevices in the same river and found five grams of gold nuggets in one outing.
Looking Back
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Enrichment of Gold Veins
• The Assay of High Iron Gold Ores
• The Patch
• History of Mining—Bradshaw Mountains, AZ (Part I)
• Picks & Pans—The Green Rock, Rattlesnakes, Good Gold and Ruth's Mine
• The Oretron
• Silver Hill, North Carolina
• Residual, Lateritic and Gossan "Soils" as Potential Nuggetshooting Sites
• Hardrock in Downieville
• Looking Back
• Company Notes
• Gold in Northern Baja California
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• V.P. Contender Addresses Mining Show
