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Legislative and Regulatory Update
January 2007 by Scott Harn
• Keep your eyes on Montana• Karuk settlement forthcoming
• California water agency looks at more restrictions on mining
• Is that penny worth more than one cent?
Editorial: Montana's Controversial Rock Creek Mine
Throughout history, the demand for commodities has been constantly increasing. It is difficult to envision a reversal of this trend. Between China and India alone, roughly two billion people are on the verge of becoming middle class consumers. Good or bad, this is called progress, and it seems inevitable.
The Bawl Mill
• Congressional "over"-spending bill is big win for big money
• Weapons of mass expenditure
• US taxpayers can celebrate yet another milestone
PLP Update
“In light of the results of the midterm elections our focus will be with the US Senators and their staffers that we have already been working with.”
An Alaskan in the Lower 48
Our destination was some old hydraulic workings where the old miners had washed literally mountains of material away to expose gold in ancient river channels.
The Mineral Range Districts of Utah
Most of the commercial mineral deposits are on the south and southwest part of the range between Minersville and Milford, though small amounts of gold and silver have also been found in iron-rich outcrops in the basalt to the south of Milford.
Bucket Dredged Boulder Gold
The black sand was loaded with mercury from the river, but there wasn’t enough to pick up all the fines. We took out the amalgam and had to suction up the remaining fine gold.
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The Bawl Mill
• In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres
• Chinese Gold Consumption to Grow
• Researching and Staking Mining Claims—Part II
• Family Sues US Mint for Return of Rare Gold Coins
• High Court Reverses Nevada Mining Decision
• Mining Industry Worried about Democrat-Controlled Congress
• Working on the Bear River
• Company Notes
• Looking Back
• The Upper Susitna Goldfields
• Palladium Hitting Jewelry Market
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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