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Gold in Oregon
May 2002 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
At least 6 million ounces of gold have been produced in Oregon since 1859. Since there are no accurate records of production prior to 1904, it is obvious that total gold production was considerably higher than that which has been recorded.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Interior appropriations
• New bull trout plan released
• Comments needed
Montana’s Rosetta Stone: Discovering Mines In The Treasure State
This is the intelligent way to start modern prospecting. The value of literary research yields challenging outings, specimens, history and geologic research.
The Value of Old Patches
Nuggets make for the best memories and this patch was just adding to mine. In the hours of daylight I had left, I worked from that nugget to the bottom of the patch, collecting eight more nuggets.
Prospecting Hard Rock
We panned out maybe three gold pans of the material and we were shocked at the gold that was there. This rock appeared to be rich.
Glacial Gold in the Midwest
Although the potential for fortunes to be made from the commercial mining of this rich glacial gravel conceivably exists, so far no large mining company has shown any serious interest in it.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Judge refuses to grant preliminary injuction to end suction gold dredging moratorium in California
• Proposed listing of Yellow-legged frog and Yosemite Toad in northern California
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• California Wilderness Coalition and The Nature Conservancy Recruit Government Employees to Carry Out Huge Land Grab
• Drywashing Rules Clarified
• Mineralized Calderas in Colorado
• The Keystone Gold-Copper District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming
• Picks & Pans: Mining Tungsten Ore—A Case History
• Aussie Gold—A Look at the Northern Territory
• The Phoenix Gold Mine: A Brief History
• Calico Mine
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
