Forest Service Chief Calls for Mining Moratorium in Montana

March 1999 by Associated Press

Looking Back

February 2002
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

Ask The Experts—Where can I find information on the Abby mine?

May 2011
Q: I would like to know where I can find information on the Abby mine located at Hildreth, CA.

Desert Phone Trashed

December 1999
The once very lonely phone booth in the Mojave desert 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas, reported on in last month's ICMJ and media throughout the world, became a media darling...

Potholes and Other Bedrock Traps

September 2012
Potholes in bedrock can trap placer minerals and even be glory holes. They are, at least, interesting geologic phenomena, and at best, a treasure trove of gold nuggets.

Public Lands for the People Educates Prospectors

June 2001
Public Lands for the People (PLP), a strong advocacy group for property rights, recently went on a campaign to educate prospectors regarding 3809 regulations.

Whitehall Mine Foregoing Closure

July 2008
Strong gold prices are making it profitable to keep the Golden Sunlight Mine here open through 2015, company officials said.

Mystery of the Reed Gold Mine Nuggets

July 2000
The discovery of gold in Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, by young Conrad Reed, on a Sunday morning in the Summer of 1799, ushered in the search for gold in the continental United States.

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