Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2016 by Scott Harn

Picks & Pans: The Ten-Pennyweight Nugget

November 1999
It was June 6th, 1999 at 7:00 am when I started hiking to the river with my final load of dredge equipment. Hearing the flow of water in the South Fork of the Yuba River and the call of birds up and down the canyon, I added some whistles of my own just to annoy the nearby birds.

California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007

October 2007
Ready, Set, Go! The stopwatch clicks on and the panner starts like being fired out of a cannon. It’s the Labor Day weekend and the State Championships are on their way.

Spanish Gold Ledge Still Producing Gold

June 2013
The Gold Eye placer claims, located in the La Cholla district of Arizona, are still producing some beautiful gold. From the days of the Spanish explorers and Mexican miners, men have tunneled into the earth in search of gold in this area.

Gryphon Gold and the Borealis Project

March 2008
Strange things do indeed occur. Here we were in western Nevada’s Walker Lake District, normally one of the driest areas for mining operations in America, and we couldn’t access a sizeable portion of Gryphon Gold’s project areas due to...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2018

• Critical minerals a priority
• Montana miners win again
• MSHA backs down
• Environmental groups as foreign agents

There's Gold in Those Tailings

April 1999
If you're really serious about finding gold, you must commit yourself to the search. The odds are against success if you depend upon luck.

Miners Resume Search for Platinum Near Platinum

October 2001
Goodnews Bay Platinum Mine, owned by Hanson Industries in Spokane, Washington, has resurrected a 60-year-old bucketline dredge to claw the steel-gray metal from the river drainages around Red Mountain on Cape Nushagak.

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