Cartwrights Celebrate 40 Years in Nevada

October 1999 by Guest Writer

PLP Members Win Occupancy Case—Appeals Continue

July 2003
Public Lands for the People (PLP) members Ron Lex and his mining partner Ken Waggener of Etna, California, were cited for occupying their mining claim in Klamath National Forest for more than 14 days. The section cited was Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 261.10(b). This CFR states that a special use authorization must be obtained for occupying a claim on National Forest land for more than 14 days. In some forests the time is 30 days.

MMAC & PLP Update

December 2015
We have been playing defense for 100% of the game, and now we are finally playing some offense.

Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part IV Geology of Hardrock Gold Deposits

April 2006
Geologic processes can either concentrate or disperse gold and other elements from adjacent rocks. It is the results of the concentration processes that the prospector is most interested in.

Calcite and Limestone

February 2017
The other distinguishing feature of calcite has to do with its chemistry. Geologists sometimes take a small bottle of dilute hydrochloric acid out into the field with them because calcite reacts with acids to make a bubbly foam.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

November 2003

Small-Scale Hard Rock Mining With Water Recycling

March 2015
Once I have established the presence of gold in the sample, I collect five-gallon bucket quantities of the rock material for processing back at my shop.

Court Hears Arguments Over Rights to Shipwreck

May 2001
Nearly a century after the luxury liner RMS Republic sank off Nantucket, treasure hunters are still battling over the ship’s cargo, which some believe includes gold coins now worth more than $1 billion.

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