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Mud Creek Placer Mine Adventure
March 2003 by Randy McKinney
Gerald Lindsey sat at his desk watching Randy McKinney try to absorb the massive pile of documents he had in front of him. Julie Fowler, Gerald’s secretary of 13 years, tried not to concentrate on the tower of paper as it threatened to topple over. Gerald knew the contents contained data proving one of the richest gold fields in Alaska were on his claims. But how to convince Randy, who was a 4th generation miner and had heard every mining story in the book?Fortymile, Alaska Prospecting Adventure
Some creeks have nuggets, while others, particulary the rivers, nothing but fine gold.
Record $11 Million Fine for California Mine
State regulators imposed a record $11 million fine on the operators of a gold mine in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Pruitt out at EPA
• NDAA still under negotiation
• AMRA’s California mining bill fails to reach floor vote
MMAC & PLP Update
…what I’d like to focus on in this update is the assistance they provided to a suction gold dredger in Idaho being harassed by an environmental group.
Prospecting for Diamonds
In 1977, I was a young, inexperienced geologist hired to evaluate Wyoming’s diamond resources in the Colorado-Wyoming State Line district, and investigate and map all other mineral commodities in the state with the exception of oil, gas...
Follow Up to "Just One More Time"
…the “One More Time” has turned into three more trips and each of the three has yielded more gold each time down.
Romancing the Rock
With the exception of well-established operators with proven reserves and years of field experience, the high price of gold brought a flood of speculators, con men, and real estate brokers into the mix who were not previously engaged in the gold mining market.
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The Bawl Mill
• The Steeple Rock District, New Mexico
• The Hunt for Diamonds, Nunavut, Canada
• Famous Yuba River Dredge Sinks
• Gold in Maine?
• Junior Miners and Investors Gather in Canada
• Picks & Pans: Dredging at Douglas Creek, Wyoming
• Gold in Gossan
• Company Notes
• Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska (Part III—Conclusion)
• National Mining Hall of Fall and Museum Calls for Poetry
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Looking Back
