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Elko Mining Expo a Success
July 2003 by Staff
Several thousand miners and their families made it a successful show. Local mining companies gave employees time off to attend the Thursday and Friday exhibits and events.Back to Basics--Finding Gold With a Pan and a Sluice
Don’t hunker down and just keep digging in one spot where there is very little or no gold—if you don’t find it, you’ve got to get up and move on!
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Re: “Wasteful Government Projects”
Understanding and Evaluating Desert Mineralization for Nuggetshooters

Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Oregon dredging bill defeated
• California bill would exempt dredgers from permitting
• Possible ESA listing
• Washington State tries to impose more fees on miners
Unique Rare Earth Mine in Texas
Exploration for and prospecting in search of similar deposits should focus on rhyolite bodies located in fluorite-bearing areas.
The Gold Belts of Georgia

Company Notes
• Pure Gold Minerals Inc.
• International Freegold Mineral Development Inc.
• Hope Bay Gold Corp. Inc.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• PLP Members Win Occupancy Case—Appeals Continue
• Prospecting for Iron in Alaska
• Gold Deposits in Skarn
• Picks & Pans: Highbanking on the American River
• Platinum Firm, Palladium to Remain Weak
• Spencer Opal Deposits, Idaho
• Company Notes
• Hillside Placers
• Gold Prospecting in Alberta
• National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Six
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back