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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?Take it to Bedrock
Picking the right spot to placer has to do with years of experience, and a little luck. The textbooks can tell you where it should be, but sometimes the rules just don’t seem to apply.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have been concerned for some time about the growing roster of laws, rules and regulations under which the entire industrial complex must operate…
California State and US National Panning Championships
Over 200 panners competed in this two-day event to decide who was the best of the best.
The Very First Issue of the Mining Journal
“It said Volume 1, Number 1, August 1931. I couldn’t believe it! I almost fell down!” said Carol. She had found the very first copy of the Mining Journal, in fairly good condition and with all the pages intact!
The Bawl Mill
• House makes another withdrawl from your account
• Pot calling the kettle...
• A meal worth supersizing
Picks & Pans: An Exciting Hobby
The year was 1946, the war was over, and we three brothers were working for Douglas Aircraft, in Santa Monica, California. Jim and I had returned to jobs we held before entering the Navy and George was a “new hire,” having just finished a four-year hitch as a Navy Flight Crewman.
Calico Mine
During the summer break of my first year of college in the late ‘50s, I was unemployed and bored, so my friends and I decided to do some gold mine exploration. We used to read a magazine called Treasure and had a good idea of where all the gold mines were located.
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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







