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December 2006 by Staff
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Bawl Mill
• So much for privacy in the great outdoors...
• It's smoky in the Smoky Mountains...
• A tale of two or three populations...
• That retirement nest egg may need to be grade A extra large...
What Happened to The Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit?
We continue to seek out a patented mining property with an owner who is willing to host such an event with a water supply and enough remaining gold to make it worthwhile for the students.
Suction Dredging Battle Escalates
• State attorneys claim the Court of Appeals wrongly relied on South Dakota Mining Association v. Lawrence County regarding federal preemption...
Ask The Experts—How do you amend a placer claim?
Q: How do you amend a placer claim?
Melman on Gold & Silver
Anyone looking for stability sure didn’t appreciate the financial markets of this past month as they fell, rose, fell and rose with dizzying swiftness, changing directions on the turn of a dime. This was as true of the gold share markets as it was of the financial markets in general.
Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits
Here we examine where and why placers are found in glaciated landscapes from the Ice Ages.
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Researching and Staking Mining Claims
• The Goodnews Bay Platinum Fields
• Special Rock
• The Business of Mining: Cars, Trucks and Tax Deductions
• The Kern River Gold Rush
• Finding Gold in Mokelumne River Canyon
• Important Court Cases
• Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
• Market Spotlight: Platinum in Demand
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
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