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City Gives Blessing to Pogo Mine
June 2003 by Associated Press
City officials favor construction of the Pogo gold mine near their community, they said at a public comment meeting on the mine conducted by the government agencies responsible for issuing permits for the $250 million project.Nine Pound Nugget Found In Northern California!

Prospecting on Pickering Bar

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Gold nuggets and serpentine contacts
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Conformation for some
• Congress canceling regulations
Town Hall Meeting in Sierra City, California
I was invited to attend a meeting on April 7 in Sierra City, between Forest Service officials and a group of concerned area miners regarding what the miners described as abuses by the BLM and local Forest Service officials.
Impact of Habitat Designations Grossly Underestimated
A UC Berkeley professor says the federal government is using an analysis method that seriously underestimates the economic impact of critical habitat designations for imperiled species.
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