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Legislative and Regulatory Update
August 2009 by Scott Harn
• California piles on the taxes• Cap and trade passes House
• EPA to address bonding
• Clean Water Restoration Act
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Assembly Bill 1032
• Forest Service tries to rewrite Mining Law
• California seeks comments from dredgers
• Support PLP efforts
Final Buckhorn Mountain Study Released
The Washington Department of Ecology recently issued a revised environmental study of a proposed Okanogan County gold mine. The study is an amendment to one done in 1997 for the proposed Crown Jewel open pit mine on Buckhorn Mountain near Chesaw.
Man's Best Friend
Adam’s condition had been deteriorating every step of the way. At times, I could only coax him ten or twenty feet before he laid down again. He refused to eat or drink. At this point, I realized we might not get out of the canyon by dark and might need help getting Adam out at all.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California suction gold dredging
• Water rights
• Wilderness
• Climate change
• Two Bush rules left intact
The Pearce Mineralized Area, Dragoon Mountains, Arizona
...I would bet considerably more lode gold and silver remains to be found in this area, and there are possibilities for small placers and nugget shooting.
Millennium of Russian Gold on Display in U.S.
Russian treasures of gold and jewels, which survived centuries of upheaval and even the Bolshevik Revolution, will make their home in the United States for the next 10 months.
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The Bawl Mill
• Finding Gold With Copper and Turquoise
• GM to Cancel Mining Contracts
• California Suction Dredging Update
• Newmont Fined for Fatality
• The Memorial Day Nugget
• East Coast Prospecting Challenges
• Saving Money on Mining Gadgets
• BLM Increases Location & Maintenance Fees
• Rio Tinto: Allegations Without Foundation
• National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Five
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
