Company Notes

December 1999 by Staff

BLM Proposed Rule Making Affects Mining Claims

October 1999
In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.

Piedmont Gold

July 2002
The Piedmont region of the eastern United States extends for over 800 miles, from Alabama northeast to Pennsylvania. It includes the rolling country between the flat coastal plain to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west.

Strong Support at Suction Dredge Meetings

December 2009
Just prior to press time, we made our way to Sacramento for the second public scoping meeting to comment on the first draft of the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) suction dredge permitting program and the new Environmental Impact Report.

Picks & Pans: Arizona Desert Drywashing Adventure

February 2002
As a dedicated dredger, this was to be a totally different experience. Finding gold without using water seemed almost impossible.

The Bawl Mill

July 2000
• Pennsylvanians looking for a tax rebate get a sultry offer
• Teenage legislative employee alreadys knows how to spend taxpayer money

Basic Drywashing Principles

August 2001
Within the arid desert regions of the American Southwest and Western Australia, drywashers have proven to be a simple and inexpensive method for concentrating placer gold. Drywashers are not limited to desert operations...

The Bawl Mill

May 2015
• On a personal note...
• The numbers don't lie...much
• The blame game

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