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August 2009 by Staff
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
Melman on Gold & Silver

An Early Christmas Gift
The larger nuggets were all old channel gold, smooth and water-worn. I guessed that a few of them would push a bit under one-half-ounce apiece.
Correction
In our May 2014 issue, we incorrectly identified the woman who recovered numerous small nuggets...
Over the Fiscal Cliff for Tax Savings
The so-called “Fiscal Cliff” tax package recently passed by Congress and signed into law renewed more than 50 temporary tax breaks through 2013, saving individuals and businesses about $76 billion.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Another potential problem is the body of regulations imposed by the Paris Climate Accord that President Trump had negated but which President Biden has immediately rejoined.
Gold Deposits of Georgia
The first actual discovery of gold made on the lands of what is now the State of Georgia is shrouded in the mist of history.
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