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February 2002 by Staff
• IAMGOLD Corp.• Barrick Gold Corp.
• Campbell Resources Inc.
• Newmont Mining Corp.
A Gold Mine on a Washington Beach?
Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that beach sands can contain small bits of precious metals, Bela decided a few years ago to build a sand sucking contraption that can sift the shoreline for anything worth keeping.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Senators object to “Build Back Better” royalty provision
• Biden reverses Utah monument reductions
• Eco-terrorist confirmed
Pickering Bar Revisited
Pickering Bar on the North Fork of the American River is a fascinating place. It’s remote, taking almost two hours to get there from the small mining town of Iowa Hill, which is in Placer County, California.
Discovering Nugget Hollow
October 2023Senator Warns Against Proposal to Sell Some IMF Gold
A proposal to sell some of the International Monetary Fund's vast gold reserves would be disastrous for Nevada's mining industry as well as the emerging countries the IMF is trying to help, Sen. Richard Bryan said March 4.
Resurrecting An Old Hard Rock Mine
There were nice sections of vein material at the end of several drifts, like they just stopped work one day and walked away.
PLP Update
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The Bawl Mill
• Federal and State Biologists Accused of Planting Evidence
• Placer Gold in New Mexico
• Mining Deaths Drop to New Low in 2001
• Prospecting for Meteorites with a Metal Detector
• Aussie Gold—A Look at Victoria
• The Rand of South Africa
• Picks & Pans: Arizona Desert Drywashing Adventure
• 2001 World Gold Panning Championships
• Throw-Away Gold: Back to Basics
• Placer Gold Near Fairbanks, Alaska
• The "Drumstick"
• Editorial
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
