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Looking Back
January 2003 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Panning on North Fork American Yields Good Gold
This second trip down was a challenge. It started in Colfax on the Stevens Trail, where the distance to the river is four miles with an elevation drop of about 1,000 feet.
PLP Update
…a half-dozen dredgers have completed the appropriate paperwork and are conducting dredging operations at this juncture. They hope to expand these efforts to other western states in the near future.
A Few Thoughts About Successful Nugget Hunting

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Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Backdoor Wild Lands order
• PLP reports on latest dredge lawsuit
• Massive lands bill avoided
• No cap and trade for now
• RS-2477 rights affirmed
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• Company Notes
• The Cemetery Rush
• Border Silver
• Grandfather John's Notes
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• The Patio
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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