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Guest Editorial—Exploiting Tragedy
November 2001 by Guest Writer
While the world is focused on the war on terrorism, rumors persist that sinister forces inside the beltway are looking for ways to attach a train-load of pork to an emergency appropriations bill.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• US Supreme Court may consider requirements for Notitce of Intent
• Oregon considering mining restrictions
• Latest developments in California suction dredging moratorium
• Spotted owl habitat
Ask The Experts: Can you review the differences in dry washers?
Q: What are the advantages or disadvantages of hand crank vs. battery power vs. blower? And your preference?
Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
The potential exists for small-scale placer mining in these pits using a trommel and sluice box or other similar types of equipment.
Former Sunshine Miners Find Work in Montana
Like almost 200 other Silver Valley miners, Butch Dempsey used to work at the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg. But, along with dozens of the others, he now works for the Columbus, Montana-based Stillwater Mining Co., about 400 miles to the east...
Ask the Experts
Why are there no maps of the so-called mining districts?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
The Golden Highway—El Dorado County
Continuing northward and crossing the Consumnes River along California’s famed Highway 49, the “Golden Highway” leads through the heart of the Mother Lode countryto El Dorado County. This is where the Gold Rush began...
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• President Bush: Put ANWR Drilling in Energy Bill
• Aussie Gold
• Picks & Pans: Working the Ol' Paystreak
• High Country Dredging in Kaufman Creek, Colorado
• How to Become a More Successful Nugget Detectorist—And Basic Information on Machines
• Altar District's Golden Lure
• The Manson Mine
• California State Gold Panning Championship Results
• Gold in Panama
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
