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Mud Creek Placer Mine
April 2003 by Randy McKinney
Continued from last month...The Mud Creek Placer Mine is a true quest. Previously we acknowledged the rich reserves contained in the ground near Candle, Alaska. Now the miners and equipment need to find their way there and start the operation.
Gold Mine Plans Upheld in Lawsuit
Officials for the largest gold producing company in the world claimed a significant legal victory over environmentalists who they accused of abusing the appeals process to thwart mining in Nevada.
USFS Roadless Comments Reopened
On July 6, 2001, US Forest Service (USFS) Chief Dale Bosworth announced that the roadless rule would be revisited by publishing the following information in the Federal Register. -Ed
Cold Water Gold
It was June 2011, and my wife Fran and I with Grandson Lucas and good friend Ernie Cruz were attempting to get to our gold mining claim on the Middle Fork of the Feather River about ten miles from Quincy, California. Rain had poured down in the previous few days and the road in a large number of low places was under water. Following two hours of slugging through the mud...
Prospecting for Rare Earth Metals
Rare earth metals are critically important to many forms of modern technology, including most green energy saving applications, computers, televisions, and a number of military defense systems.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Partial win for miners
• California suction dredging
• Feds continue to push for more public lands
• Idaho suction dredging
How to Stake Your Own Claim—Researching Mining Claims
Once you have determined that the land is locatable, the next step in the claim research process is to determine if the land has already been claimed by a previous locator.
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The Bawl Mill
• Impact of Habitat Designations Grossly Underestimated
• Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Sixteen to One Mine
• A Unique Prospecting Method
• Over the Divide
• Cripple Creek, Colorado
• Picks & Pans: Virginia Prospecting
• PLP Gets the Key!
• Mariposa, California
• The Ocampo District, Chihuahua
• The Collaboration
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
