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Looking Back
November 2004 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Governors push back on Biden’s public lands acquisition plan
Gold at Ponderosa

Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Administration won't appeal latest ruling on Roadless Rule
• Improved forest management plan by year's end
• IBLA rules in favor of Cortez Gold Mine and BLM
10,000 Shovels Back Protest

The Bawl Mill
• Reality show or reality?
• Big brother pays well...
• "Less is more" is really less
The Petersville—Yentna Goldfields

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The Bawl Mill
• Editorial: Montana's Controversial Rock Creek Mine
• First Load of Concentrate Leaves Reopened Ruth Mine
• Uranium Industry Enjoys Rebound as Prices Nearly Triple
• BLM Warning About Purchase of Mining Claims on the Internet
• Determining the Amount of Gold in a Quartz Specimen
• Placer PGMs in Coon Creek, California
• Getting Your Float Circuit Layout Right
• Pick Up Austria's New Coin—If You Can Lift It
• New Prospecting Guides Available Online
• Police Extend Detention of Newmont Executives
• Picks & Pans—Drywashing and Detecting in Southern California
• Over The Divide—Merwin (Merv) H. Hemp
• The Boludo Placers, Sonora
• The Golden Highway—Placer County
• Northwest Miners Rally a Success
• Mine Threat Just a Stunt to Criticize Land Laws
• MINExpo 2004 Convention Report
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices