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Nine Pound Nugget Found In Northern California!
June 2010 by Scott Harn
A recent discovery in Northern California has proven once again that there is still good gold to be found if you do your homework.
MMAC Update
In May 2017, the district participated in a meeting with representatives from several state and federal agencies where they educated agency officials about the authority of Mining Districts, Mining Law and miner’s rights.
Picks & Pans: Nuggets by the Dozen in Alaska
Jeff Reed may be Alaska’s top nugget hunter, or maybe he’s one of many. He doesn’t get skunked too often. In the past two years, he’s estimated he’s found about 3,000 gold nuggets primarily at the...
Sage-Grouse Listing Denied
The federal government decided not to add the greater sage-grouse to the list of endangered species. A listing would certainly have resulted in countless new restrictions across the Western states.
Spanish Police Seize Ship in Treasure Fight
Spanish Civil Guards heightened a battle over a $500 million treasure of gold and silver coins from a shipwreck when they seized a vessel belonging to a Tampa, Florida company.
Iowa Hill District
For the last two years we’ve held a hands-on prospectors training session in the Iowa Hill district of California’s Mother Lode country as a part of our Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit event. Because of this, I thought it might be good to take a look at the history, geology and opportunities that the Iowa Hill district still offers to the individual prospector.
Ask the Experts
Q: ...where would you recommend selling class rings and other scrap gold?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Meeting planned to address small-scale regulations
• Karuk Tribe update
• Oregon dredgers in their own fight over regulations
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Sluicing at Rocky Bar, Idaho
• How Much Gold Is In My Gold-Quartz Specimen?
• Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits
• Ask The Experts: Can you help me identify these items?
• Getting The Most Value From Your Gold-Quartz Specimens
• Highbanking and the House Rock
• Fix or Replace, Depreciate or Write-Off
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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Update on Oregon, Idaho and California Suction Dredge Permits
• ECU Silver Mining Continues The Legacy
