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Legislative and Regulatory Update
June 2010 by Scott Harn
• Congress plays dirty with the Clean Water Act• Quick action brings reward
• Proposed monuments
MMAC & PLP Update
Many miners have failed to exercise their rights by using the power of their Mining Districts and laws that are already on the books, such as 43 CFR 9712.1, which states…
Polymetallic Skarn Deposits
Polymetallic skarn deposits are an interesting class of deposits that can contain a number of different types of metals.
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Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre: The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Conclusion
The first Madero Revolution broke out in Mexico on November 20, 1910. On December 27, a revolutionary party exacted supplies, arms, and mules from the company until January 7, 1911, when the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the federal government destroyed three and a half tons of their dynamite near Baquiachi. On September 8, 1912, Batopilas was captured, a local garrison driven out, and the company forced to pay 10,000 pesos. Federal forces retook the town September 19.
Melman on Gold & Silver
While we have spent the past few years trying to adjust to wave after wave of new industries, new language and new influences in our lives, this past month the world's attention has once again returned to the cradle of civilization, the Middle East.
Gold in the Slate Creek Basin
In some areas these channels were thousands of feet wide, and just figuring out where you are in some of these diggings is a challenge.
The Fern Mine
Sharp, jagged mountains shot up around me as I slowly bumped my way, in my old Chevy pickup, up the boulder strewn mining road to the Fern Mine. The Fern Mine is situated on the west side of Archangel Creek, where several other hard rock mines once operated.
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The Bawl Mill
• Sluicing at Rocky Bar, Idaho
• Nine Pound Nugget Found In Northern California!
• How Much Gold Is In My Gold-Quartz Specimen?
• Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits
• Ask The Experts: Can you help me identify these items?
• Getting The Most Value From Your Gold-Quartz Specimens
• Highbanking and the House Rock
• Fix or Replace, Depreciate or Write-Off
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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Update on Oregon, Idaho and California Suction Dredge Permits
• ECU Silver Mining Continues The Legacy
