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Feds Release Opinion on Planned Mine Under Montana Wilderness
June 2003 by Associated Press
A proposed silver and copper mine that would burrow under a wilderness area in northwestern Montana will not affect bull trout, nor will it harm grizzly bears so long as some additional precautions are taken, federal wildlife authorities said.PLP and MMAC Update
Minerals and Mining Advisory Council (MMAC) founder Joe Martori met with Jim Scrivner, the Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director of Energy and Minerals in Sacramento, California...
Indicator Minerals for Gold & Silver
In this article, we’re going to take a look at the minerals that contain gold and silver, and how you as a prospector can identify them in the field.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Election fallout
• Bad news in Bolivia
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Miners win latest round
• New push to close off lands in New Mexico
• Close call in Peru
• New underground safety requirements
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comment period reopened for pygmy owl critical habitat in Arizona
• Limits on wilderness study areas finalized in Utah
• IBLA rules miner cannot set up store processing equipment on claim when no mining is taking place
• New law to protect claims and equipment in Washington State
Over The Divide—Chuck Cox, 1943-2009
We were saddened to learn that Chuck Cox, a long-time prospector and tireless organizer for the Washington Prospectors Mining Association, passed away...
Prospector Unearths Huge 'Duck’s Foot' Nugget
A retired gold prospector spent hours digging up his fortune in the northern goldfields near Kambalda, Western Australia, after finding the target with his metal detector.
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The Bawl Mill
• City Gives Blessing to Pogo Mine
• Underground at Yankee Jim's
• Dry Placers in Southern Baja
• A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
• Gold in Tennessee
• Old Stock Certificates—Treasures or Trash?
• Payette Forest Sides With Mining Company
• Using Mineral Deposit Models
• Miners Still Waiting for Bonding Recommendations from DOI
• The Old Mine Dump
• A Practical Approach to Dowsing
• The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
