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Mining Claim Fees Are Going Up
July 2004 by Staff
The Northwest Mining Association reports that the claim maintenance fee for 2004-2005 will be raised.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• "Recreational" mining bills in Washington State
• Three more national monuments
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.
ICMJ 10th Annual Photo Contest Results
Hope Boy Finds Gem During Field Trip
It's not THE Hope Diamond, but a half-carat yellow gem worth up to $700 will fit that bill for an elementary school student from, where else, Hope.
Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part I
On a beautiful day in 1971, my wife and I were scratching around some old miner's camp when I dug up a metal gold pan and thought I would try my hand at panning for gold. (mistake #1)
Picks & Pans: Dredging Costa Rica
My interest in gold mining began with a few friends who, knowing that I was a chemist by trade (never mind that I am a biochemist), interrogated me every day at the gringo coffee shop in San Jose, Costa Rica.
PLP Update
Public Lands for the People (PLP) has come up with a guide for miners and prospectors that they believe will alleviate many of the problems faced when operating on public lands managed by the US Forest Service.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Buell Park Pipe, Arizona
• Mines and Money
• Understanding Hard Rock Mining: Terms and Methods—Part II
• Two Nevada Mines Look to Supply Own Power
• Paleontonlogical Resources Preservation Act
• Picks & Pans: Mexican "Edventure"
• Over the Divide
• Flat-Fault Gold in Sonora, Mexico
• Looking Back
• The Fern Mine
• Map Offers Look at Butte's Mining History
• Gold in China
• 2004 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
