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Looking Back
January 2003 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Recreational Mining in the Cache Creek Mining District, Alaska
The mining district is more than 110 years old, but the two recreational mining areas are new. The State of Alaska designated the Petersville Recreational Mining Area within the past year and the Alaska Gold Mining Camp is not much older, so you can expect to find some unmined ground!
Legislative And Regulatory Update
• Good news on EPA regs
• California rewards key appointment to dredging foe
• Republicans seek to block creation of National Monuments
• Zimbabwe threatens seizure of mining rights
Asarco Accepts Phelps Dodge Buyout
Asarco Inc. accepted a sweetened buyout offer from Phelps Dodge Corp., setting up a three-way, $2.9 billion deal that will make Phelps Dodge the world's largest copper producer.
Procuring Mine Owner Permission at a Mine Site
The first experience involved an overgrown gold mine operated during the 1880s. A razed mill adjoined the mine and could be glimpsed from the isolated public dirt road I was traveling.
Melman on Gold & Silver
What a disappointment! Just when things were beginning to get really interesting and both parties had seemingly hotly contested races for the presidential nominations, both Senators involved promptly said, "I quit!," took their bat and ball and headed home!
The Bawl Mill
• Freedom request denied
• Missing sandwich becomes a federal case
• Washington man takes the initiative
• And I complained that the Journal was delivered late...
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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The Bawl Mill
• The Old Dutch Cleanser Mine
• The Ferris-Haggarty Copper-Gold Mine, Grand Encampment District, Wyoming
• Directory of Active Mines in Arizona Available
• Picks & Pans: Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska
• Beryllium in Nevada
• Company Notes
• The Cemetery Rush
• Border Silver
• Grandfather John's Notes
• ICMJ's 12th Annual Photo Contest Results
• Tiffany & Co. to Open Plant in Northern Canada
• The Patio
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
