All Articles
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2010 by Scott Harn
• California dredging update• On a related issue, SB 233
• EPA and greenhouse gases
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Roadless Rule
• Eastern Oregon miners forced out of water
• Colorado city pushes for more regulations
• Kensington project moves forward
The Fence
When I dropped the boulder into my son’s hand everyone spoke a single word in unison, “Wow!”
The Bawl Mill
• He's got a real ball and chain...
• Knee-deep...
• Win a .357 Smith & Wesson?
Gold in Unlikely Places—And 'Eating Crow'
The red dot on the diagram points out where the gravels there were also carrying, but not as much color. The gold was sparse below the point indicated.
The Rocky Bar Mining District, Idaho
Rocky Bar sits on the north slope of Horse Ranch Mountain, and while the most productive placers were found in Bear Creek below Rocky Bar, most of the creeks on the south, east and north sides of the mountain contain placer gold and were worked commercially in the past.
Ancestral Yuba River Placer Gold Deposits
The small-scale miner has reasonable opportunity to exploit some of these small, rich placer gold deposits.
Melman on Gold & Silver
At long last the time of artificial quiet is over and the quadrennial political "silly season" is getting underway in earnest. The Republicans have just finished their convention in Philadelphia and (at press time) the Democrats are about to descend on LA-LA land.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• Mining Reform and Congress
• Placer Mining in Canada's Yukon Territory
• California's Rich Pocket Mines
• The Significance of Boulders in Placer Deposits
• Oregon Suction Gold Dredgers Score Big Win
• Michigan Approves Nickel, Copper Mine
• Desert Drywashing
• The History of Gold Mining in Sierra County
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
Free:
Melman on Gold & Silver
