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Idaho-Maryland Mine—History Restarted
August 2003 by Don Robinson

The “Chuck It Out” Nugget
This was no ordinary nugget. It had not traveled very far from its nearby source, and that did mean a lot, as we were searching for the source of several such nuggets found during a gold rush that occurred in 1859.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Utah's Kathleen Clarke nominated for top BLM post
• 3809 Regulations—Letter Drive
• Judge rules on Oregon coho salmon
• Norton joins fight against environmentalist lies...
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: The Good Luck and Bad Luck of Prospecting With Animals
I saw a big brown hind end of what at first I thought was an elk, about 75 yards away. I was standing behind a large tree and stopped and peeked around the tree to see what it was.
The Bawl Mill
• Ripe for the picking
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Pacific Legal Foundation files suit to de-list Klamath salmon
• Draft EIS on Suction Dredging in the Siskiyou National Forest
• More Siskiyou National Forest news
• District Court rules in favor of Nicolet Minerals
• State Supreme Court backs mining company
Gold From Cemented Gravels
The truth is that cemented gravels are really not all that complex. There is no mystery of how gold grew there or somehow wormed its way into these solid gravels.
The Other Minerals of Mt. Diablo
Although it is now known that Mount Diablo, located in Contra Costa County in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, was the site of the largest coal mining operation in the state during the last half of the 19th century... this majestic focal point... also was the source of other minerals.
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The Bawl Mill
• House Resources Committee Addresses Environmental Scare-Tactics —by House Resources Committee & Chairman Richard Pombo
• Precious Metals in the Patagonia Mountains
• Over the Divide
• Montana Candidate Sees Natural Resources as Path to Recovery
• Judge Rules Against Oregon Miners—Battle Continues
• Lake County "Diamonds"—Renewed Value for an Old Favorite
• Moving the World's Largest Machine—The Bucyrus 2570W Walking Dragline
• Mother Lode Gold, California
• News From the Pacific Legal Foundation
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Maine to Create Mineral Park
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices