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November 2004 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Payette Forest Sides With Mining Company
The US Forest Service is siding with a mining company’s bid to reopen roads and drill test holes in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Surging Gold Prices Burn a Few Unlucky Mining Firms
The extraordinary rebound in gold prices is claiming some unlikely victims—a few of the gold mining companies themselves.
Miner's Cabin—Red Shack Territory
As we approached the river the view was outstanding and the sight was encouraging. A ravine coming down on the right side had been worked heavily, with rock piled back on each side. That surely meant there was gold somewhere close.
Horsetail Gold
The horsetail is a type of plant that grows in sandy soil usually very close to a water supply. Its uses are many as it has a high silica content that allegedly can be of some medicinal value, but its primary function during the gold rush days was for...
Over the Divide
It is with regret that we let our readers know about the passing of four respected members of the mining and prospecting community who have been lost in the past several months.
Search Called Off for Missing Treasure Hunters
Treasure hunters have been looking for the Lost Dutchman mine for more than a century.
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