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From the Editor
May 2003 by Scott Harn
An article entitled “BLM Swindles War Hero Out of Gold Mine,” authored by Robert Boatman, appeared in our September 2002 issue. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was unable to provide comment on the article at the time.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Critical minerals a priority
• Montana miners win again
• MSHA backs down
• Environmental groups as foreign agents
The Saga of Sand Mountain
The Nevada Historical Society's
"This Was Nevada" Series
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Change is coming at Interior
• Interior Department seeking public comment regarding minerals
Old Patch, New Detector
I have been detecting the area on and off since I discovered it. Every time I bought a new detector it was the first place I went to.
Drywashing Moist Dirt
Over the years, I’ve proved to myself over and over again that I don’t have to wait many weeks after rains before I head out to the goldfields to do some gold digging.
Greenstone Belts in Minnesota
Greenstone is a dark greenish-black basaltic rock which, along with chloritized schist, forms belts up to 50 miles wide in northern Minnesota, in rocks of Late Archean age. Most belts are 2.6 to 2.9 billion years old.
The Bawl Mill
• Airport screeners strike gold
• That’s a (w)rap, folks!
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The Ball Mill
• Our Readers Say
• WMD Raffle Raises Funds for Lawsuit
• Gold in Alabama
• Yukon Placer Miners Fighting Extreme Discharge Limits
• Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining—Beaver County, Utah
• The Investigation
• A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—A Potpourri of Detector Tips
• Central Coast Ranges
• Poll: Montana in Favor of Repealing Anti-Mining Initiative
• Platinum in Laccoliths
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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• BLM Runs Check on Assay Services
