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Guest Editorial—Changing the Rules
May 2000 by Guest Writer
Increasing restrictions on use of public lands are causing a widening tear through the country's economic and social fabric.Additional articles that might interest you...
National Hall of Fame Names 2017 Inductees
August 2017
Ask The Experts
December 2014
• Real or fool's gold?
• Real or fool's gold?
Romancing the Lens
July 2014
...a large number of these aspiring miners developing their operations seemed to have missed "Placer Mining 101" somewhere along the way.
...a large number of these aspiring miners developing their operations seemed to have missed "Placer Mining 101" somewhere along the way.
Ask the Experts
May 2014
Sampling and mining a historic mining claim
Sampling and mining a historic mining claim
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2012
• California suction dredging regulations
• Draft Coho recovery plan for Southern Oregon, Northern California
• Sage-grouse
• California suction dredging regulations
• Draft Coho recovery plan for Southern Oregon, Northern California
• Sage-grouse
Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2007
• California suction dredging
• HR 2262
• California suction dredging
• HR 2262
Identifying Gold Ores
February 2001
The following “clues” describing “hard rock gold ores,” while not 100% dependable, certainly will give gold prospectors an advantage:
The following “clues” describing “hard rock gold ores,” while not 100% dependable, certainly will give gold prospectors an advantage:
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The Bawl Mill
• Guest Editorial—Sentaor Craig of Idaho Looking Into MSHA Complaints
• Gold Prospecting on Sixmile River
• Serpentine in California
• Town Hall Meeting in Sierra City, California
• Picks & Pans: Tips for Nuggestshooting—How to Increase Your Gold Finds (Part II)
• An Unusual Death in Downieville's Gold Rush
• Metals and Precious Stones in Wyoming
• Looking Back
• Gold at Dale, California
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver







