Melman on Gold & Silver

November 1999 by Leonard Melman

Oregon's Measure 7 May Provide Compensation for Land-Use Restrictions

February 2001
Opponents of Measure 7 warn that it will grow into a monster.

The Bawl Mill

December 2013
• People in lead houses should not throw stones...
• The Anything-but-Affordable Care Act

Legislative and Regulatory Update

March 2003
• Look for less federal government land acquisitions in the new budget
• Valley fill ruling overturned
• Two species rejected for listing under ESA
• New Mexico and Montana consider legislation to encourage mining
• Mining, lumber groups seek to eliminate funds for university program
• Backfilling required for new mines in California
• Nevada Congressman named vice chairman of Resources
• Idaho gets deadline extended for bull trout comments
• Murkowski Calls for Resource Assessment on State and Federal Lands
• Comments needed regarding proposal to lock up huge tracts of public land in California

MMAC Update

November 2016
Within these districts, some of the roads and trails have been reopened for access, critical habitat designations have been scaled back, and a few Mining Districts were completely removed from proposed withdrawals.

Mining Expedition at Eagle Rock—Part I

May 2009
We spent the winter and spring months obtaining all of the prospecting and camping gear that would be needed to sustain the five of us for 14 days on the river.

The Bawl Mill

July 2008
• Just put it on our tab...
• Do you smell something?
• A voice from the past

Picks & Pans: Red Mountain Planted Nugget Hunt

April 2001
While there are many ways to conduct a planted nugget hunt, this article describes one way that several mining associations can get together and sponsor such an event. In this hunt, the Antelope Valley Treasure Hunter Society’s claim in the Randsburg Mining District was used as the huntfield. It was chosen because...

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