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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
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BLM Proposed Rule Making Affects Mining Claims
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In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.
In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.
EPA Tries to Intimidate Alaskan Miners
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Common Operations—Small-Scale Mining and Sharing the "Take"
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PLP President Intervenes on Behalf of Dredgers
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Rahall Looks to Rewrite 1872 Mining Law
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• Prospecting Old Tertiary Channels
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• 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
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