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Legislative and Regulatory Update
September 2010 by Scott Harn
• Leaked documents show BLM’s true intentions• New Oregon small-scale prospecting rules
Central Idaho Federal Employees Back to Work With Local Help
The fire started early October 4, destroying the Bureau of Land Management office on the edge of town within minutes.
Watermelon Gold
Awhile back, I was doing some prospecting in a remote mountain region, located in the rugged, well-timbered valleys of north-central British Columbia, an area known for its coarse gold.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Pots of Gold
Sure enough, after hiking a couple miles uphill and hacking through some brush, we found the place just as he had described it.
Gold in New Zealand
In 1965, I visited New Zealand and saw a South Island goldfield. I knew very little about gold at that time and stopped only long enough to peruse a few relics and old photos on the pub wall.
Lost Canyon
The name makes you wonder, “Just how remote is this place?” It’s in the Tahoe National Forest and the Canada Hill Mining District, an area of steeply cut canyons that averages about 5,000 feet in elevation.
Nice Specimen Gold Recovered in Northern California
Each specimen is carefully examined to determine if it would be beneficial or not to use an acid treatment to reveal more of the gold.
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Hardrock Mining Accidents Claim Four Lives
• Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
• The Jenkins Mine Project Pt II: Terrain and Map Study
• Search Called Off for Missing Treasure Hunters
• Glacial Gold in the Midwest
• Hardrock Prospecting in El Dorado County, California
• Gold & Silver of the Comstock Lode
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Forest Service Pays Miners $245K for Unlawful Destruction of Mine
