Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
April 2016 by Scott Harn
• BLM proposed budget asks for funds for mining restrictions• Oregon bill 838
• California suction gold dredging update
MMAC & PLP Update -- 2015 Minerals and Mining Regulatory Reform Act
Is there any hope for a solution? Yes, there is, and we’ve been working with Public Lands for the People, the Minerals and Mining Advisory Council, attorney James Buchal and others on that solution.
Judge Gives OK to Nevada Mining Tax Initiative
A proposed constitutional amendment to raise the cap on mining taxes can proceed as written, a state judge ruled March 14.
Feinstein Pushes for Million-Acre Land Grab
Met by jeers and cheers from more than 1,000 people, US Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made another pitch to create three new national monuments in the deserts of southern California recently.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Governors push back on Biden’s public lands acquisition plan
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Additional access restrictions proposed in Arizona
• Oregon senators introduce bill to place state rivers and streams off-limits
Detecting Clay Seams
Because the old timers were so good at locating the better paying deposits—most of them along clay seams in this particular area—it makes good sense to try and locate these clay lines at old mining sites.
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The Bawl Mill
• Ask The Experts
• Ask The Experts
• Ask The Experts
• Dry Washer, Wet System or Metal Detector?
• Multiple Use Lands, Symbiotic Relations and Conflict Resolution
• Enrichment of Mineral Deposits by Weathering—Part II
• Vendors Announced for Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit
• The Tombstone Silver-Lead District, Arizona
• Sold: 87-Ounce Nugget
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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How to Stake Your Own Mining Claims—Part II
• MMAC & PLP Update
