Company Notes

September 1999 by Staff

Legislative and Regulatory Update

July 2017

• Property rights advocate in running for top BLM spot
• “Draining the swamp” at Interior

Gold Rush Ship Uncovered in San Francisco

October 2001
Workers at a hotel construction site uncovered a Gold Rush-era ship that had been buried for decades under the streets of the city’s Financial District.

Ask The Experts - Is California dredging going to return in 2019?

October 2018

An Unusual Death in Downieville's Gold Rush

May 2000
While women were extremely rare in the early California gold camps, their relative absence did not always guarantee their safety or protection if they happened to be of Mexican nationality. The most memorable, graphic example of this tendency took place in Downieville, seat of Sierra County located on a fork of the Yuba River.

Group Sues Feds Over New Nat'l Monuments

March 2000
Several Arizona lawmakers and Utah ranchers filed suit against the federal government over the creation of a national monument in northern Arizona.

Prospectores Unite in Washington State

April 2004
West coast prospectors and dredgers gathered for an informal meeting following the Washington Prospectors Mining Association tradeshow in late February to discuss common problems and solutions inherent to the group.

Small-Scale Mining, Milling and Recovery

December 2009
In 1997, I had been working a hard rock claim in Lone Valley, Nevada with two partners. It was a small seam about one to two inches wide that had free gold up to 9 ounces per ton.

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