Looking Back

March 1999 by Staff

The Bawl Mill

April 1999
• Do you suppose they're looking for more than pizza?...
• Ouch, that bite hurts!...
• "Don't do as I do—do as I say," seems to be the attitude of the IRS"

National Forest Closures in California

November 2020

I found I could not go prospecting in areas where I did not have a mining claim and the Forest Service thought my mere presence was a danger to the forest.

Piggin' for Gold

May 2015
Take a look at the picture—it’s pretty simple and you can build it yourself.

The Kern River Gold Rush

December 2006
The tall grasses of the rolling foothills of eastern Kern County, California, hide traces of what was once a major gold rush.

Metamorphic Greenstone Gold

March 2024

Utah Approves funds to Fight Feds

April 2015
Republican legislators say the funding is necessary to protect state interests...

Agnico-Eagle to Open Gold Mine in Finland

July 2006
Agnico-Eagle Mines will open Europe’s largest gold mine in northern Finland in 2008, the Canadian company and local officials said.

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