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How to Complete Assessment Work and Claim Maintenance
July 2009 by Chris Ralph
While this is a very general definition, your assessment work must be something that tends to disclose or develop the valuable minerals present on the claim. It must be useful and productive for your claim.Additional articles that might interest you...
Vehicles Equal Moving Deductions for Mining Operations
August 2019
Knowing how and when to deduct the cost and expenses of the vehicles used in the prospecting or mining operation can have significant tax implications.
Ask The Experts—Using classifiers
December 2010
Q: I would like to know how to use a classifier when I dump my gravel into my sluice box. I would also like to know what sizes classifiers come in. I know that they are in sizes like -3/4. What does the “minus” in the size mean? Thanks for any help you can give me.
Q: I would like to know how to use a classifier when I dump my gravel into my sluice box. I would also like to know what sizes classifiers come in. I know that they are in sizes like -3/4. What does the “minus” in the size mean? Thanks for any help you can give me.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2013
• "Not a pollutant"
• Thank you Senator Sessions
• California suction dredging
• EPA uses secret email accounts
• "Not a pollutant"
• Thank you Senator Sessions
• California suction dredging
• EPA uses secret email accounts
New Rules to Impact the Lease/Buy Decision
September 2014
Whether to buy or lease is a question facing many small-scale operators and prospectors even as credit becomes more readily available. While there is no one correct answer that fits every mining operation or business, compared to the simplicity of buying, leasing is far more complicated and may be getting more complex.
Whether to buy or lease is a question facing many small-scale operators and prospectors even as credit becomes more readily available. While there is no one correct answer that fits every mining operation or business, compared to the simplicity of buying, leasing is far more complicated and may be getting more complex.
The Bawl Mill
May 2013
• Lack of privacy
• IRS employess lying about employment status and more
• Creative budgeting...
• Lack of privacy
• IRS employess lying about employment status and more
• Creative budgeting...
Persistence Pays off for Cusac Gold Mines
March 2007
Cusac Gold Mines is a Canadian junior mining corporation conducting their operations and explorations in one of the most remote areas in the North American continent, near the one-time town of Cassiar.
Cusac Gold Mines is a Canadian junior mining corporation conducting their operations and explorations in one of the most remote areas in the North American continent, near the one-time town of Cassiar.
Prospecting in Tennessee
February 2009
As soon as I learned that there was gold in Tennessee I just had to go find some.
As soon as I learned that there was gold in Tennessee I just had to go find some.
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