Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2006 by Scott Harn

Prospecting with a VLF-Type Gold Detector

October 2004
Although I found my first detected nugget on a hard rock mine dump using an early VLF/TR coin hunter, it was by “following the dry washers” and detecting old tailing piles that I soon packed a metal 35mm canister with small sub-grain to...

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

July 2007

The Bawl Mill

June 2006
• “Mom” and “dad” expelled from school?
• Foxes in the henhouse
• In good company
• Taxpayers torpedoed

The Birthday Nugget Patch

June 2017

Down around 10 or 12 inches I hit a large cobble that appeared to be one type of hot rock for this area. I thought bad things about the new technology until I checked the rock.

Why Did This Silver Mine Close? Pt II

November 2014
During the mid-1800s until about 1920, the settlers of the West tended to be quite optimistic, but in reality they flew with a wing and a prayer.

The Bawl Mill

May 2010
• Fed up with the feds
• Energy Star Idiot

PLP Members Win Occupancy Case—Appeals Continue

July 2003
Public Lands for the People (PLP) members Ron Lex and his mining partner Ken Waggener of Etna, California, were cited for occupying their mining claim in Klamath National Forest for more than 14 days. The section cited was Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 261.10(b). This CFR states that a special use authorization must be obtained for occupying a claim on National Forest land for more than 14 days. In some forests the time is 30 days.

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