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How to Handle Claim Jumping
October 2010 by Scott Harn
...what do you do when someone intentionally or continually takes gold or other precious metals from your claim?Additional articles that might interest you...
Dredging the Mokelumne
February 2008
Gold mining adventures can begin in the most unusual fashion. This one started when the high water receding in May of 1999 disclosed that a tragedy had occurred somewhere upstream of Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north fork of the...
Gold mining adventures can begin in the most unusual fashion. This one started when the high water receding in May of 1999 disclosed that a tragedy had occurred somewhere upstream of Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north fork of the...
Something to Consider When You Go Dredging
August 2002
I have been a gold dredger for 9 years. The first dredge I bought was a 4-inch, with a 5hp engine. It had 15 feet of suction hose, a beat up regulator, a patched air reservoir, and floats that were sun baked and cracked—what a beauty. Vaughn and Darrel sold me this dredge, and could tell that this crazy “Canuck” was excited. We talked for many hours that first day I met them, and I was eager to learn...
I have been a gold dredger for 9 years. The first dredge I bought was a 4-inch, with a 5hp engine. It had 15 feet of suction hose, a beat up regulator, a patched air reservoir, and floats that were sun baked and cracked—what a beauty. Vaughn and Darrel sold me this dredge, and could tell that this crazy “Canuck” was excited. We talked for many hours that first day I met them, and I was eager to learn...
The Tonopah Gold and Silver District
October 2009
The discovery of the Tonopah District by Jim Butler in May, 1900, was by far the most important event of its time, just as the discovery of the Comstock was the most important event in the Nevada’s earlier history.
The discovery of the Tonopah District by Jim Butler in May, 1900, was by far the most important event of its time, just as the discovery of the Comstock was the most important event in the Nevada’s earlier history.
Sluicing on Bedrock
November 2002
My head nearly scraped the caribou horns that hung above the doorway of the old tarpaper cabin I would call home for a few days. The cabin was originally built in the early 1930s and had been dragged about 200 yards across the valley to...
My head nearly scraped the caribou horns that hung above the doorway of the old tarpaper cabin I would call home for a few days. The cabin was originally built in the early 1930s and had been dragged about 200 yards across the valley to...
Looking Back
July 2000
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.
Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.
Tasers and Mining Don't Mix
March 2015
First, the US Forest Service does not have any authority to enforce or administer any “claim jumping” laws, period.
First, the US Forest Service does not have any authority to enforce or administer any “claim jumping” laws, period.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
August 2007
• This is a friendly reminder
• Homebuilders’ case may help miners
• “Ecological resources must be protected…”
• This is a friendly reminder
• Homebuilders’ case may help miners
• “Ecological resources must be protected…”
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The Bawl Mill
• Nevada Claim Holders Form Coalition
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• The Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
• Prospecting My Way Across Australia Pt I
• Recreational Mining in the Cache Creek Mining District, Alaska
• California and US Gold Panning Championships
• Drywashing and Detecting for Gold
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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The Jenkins Mine Project Pt III -- Site Selection
• Update: Public Lands for the People
