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Forest Service Pays Miners $245K for Unlawful Destruction of Mine
September 2010 by William Perry Pendley
In July 2008, the Marstons filed an administrative claim alleging that when US Forest Service employees or their agents entered upon the Marstons’ claims and bulldozed the shaft and trenches, they engaged in unlawful trespass, negligently destroyed property, and committed a nuisance...Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due
For miners holding a mining claim, mill site or tunnel site on public lands, August 31, 1999 is the last day to meet the annual filing requirement and pay the $100 maintenance fee to the Bureau of Land Management.
Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold
We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.
Lower Prices Bring Layoffs
The extensive cost reductions now being put in place are not just a short-term reaction to the recent drop in gold prices...
From Iowa to Alaska—How I Became A Gold Miner
May 18, 2019, after 26 years, I had finally saved enough money. I bought my one-way ticket to Fairbanks, Alaska, and I started off by finding a new job…
Angkor Gold's Cambodia Projects

Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Forest Service Roadless Initiave comment period is about to close
• Endangered Species Decision Delayed
• 43 CFR Part 3800—Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws
California State Open and US National Gold Panning Championships
One hundred eighty-six panners went through a wild and woolly two days (August 30 & 31 in Foresthill, Calif.) to determine who had the bragging rights of being the best—at least for one year!
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives
• Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
• The Jenkins Mine Project Pt II: Terrain and Map Study
• Search Called Off for Missing Treasure Hunters
• Glacial Gold in the Midwest
• Hardrock Prospecting in El Dorado County, California
• Gold & Silver of the Comstock Lode
• Melman on Gold & Silver