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Looking for Gold in British Columbia
September 2003 by Orest Protch
Mother lodes and placers get found, finds become prospector’s stories, stories become legends, legends become myths, and myths become the fodder for armchair prospectors and daydreams. Over the decades, the Canadian province of British Columbia has had more than its share of legends and myths ascribed to it.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Some positives in spending bill
• Judge puts brakes on the EPA in Alaska
• Judge to rule in favor of suction gold dredgers
Melman on Gold & Silver
The last item on our “crisis agenda” may be the most important of all, perhaps because it may be the most unpredictable.
Who Jumped Whose Claim First?
At this point, stress raised my blood pressure and I was figuring out escape routes through the brush, but thought it best to continue the conversation.
Ask the Experts
What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?
The Bawl Mill
• "They treat you like a criminal on your own land."
• IRS goes after low-income taxpayers...
A Word From the Editor
Last year was an extreme roller coaster ride for the economy, mining companies, and precious metal prices, and 2009 looks like it’s shaping up to be another wild ride.
Prospecting for Copper Ores—Part II
Copper is a critically important metal that we need to run our modern electronic society, and the long term outlook for this metal is for a steady increase in price.
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The Bawl Mill
• Klondike Gold
• State Rivers Closed to Prospecting in Washington
• A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part I
• The Montezuma Quadrangle, Summit County, Colorado
• The Reynolds (Star) Gold Mine
• Picks & Pans: Sniping for Low Stream Gold
• Company Notes
• Why Do We Do The Things We Do?
• Gallium and Germanium in Utah
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices