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Oil and Gas in Washington
May 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
The state of Washington may have undiscovered oil and gas resources, especially since drilling to date has been clustered in just a few areas.Picks & Pans: Rattlesnakes in a Gold Camp
Leon was leading the way as we hiked the trail out of North Canyon. Without any warning Leon leaped into the air. He had just spotted a big rattlesnake lying in the grass beside the trail.
Dredging for Monazite in Idaho
The advent of the nuclear age, after World War II, aroused concerns in government circles when officials realized the United States was entirely dependent upon foreign sources of supply for rare earth elements. This prompted the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to enlist the US Bureau of Mines Special Minerals Investigation Branch to evaluate monazite-bearing placers in the United States in 1948.
South Yuba River Recreational Area
Within 30 minutes, a nice, coarse nugget popped up right in the gold pan, and the rush was on! We worked hard for the entire day. Though some pans were not as good as others, the gold was good enough to...
Detecting Canyon Bedrock in The Sierras
My plan was to go up the canyon along a ridge and then drop into the canyon whenever I came across a spot that might give me reasonable access.
The Bawl Mill
• Caught on camera...
• Taxpayers can’t go “cold turkey”
• Hurricane FEMA wipes out 1,800 homes
The Bawl Mill
• “Dole”ing out spam
• Martinis with the Mayor
• FBI is afraid of a mouse
• Politically and fashionably correct
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• Mining Law—A Short History
• Industry Urges Restraint on Mining Reforms
• Environmentalists Back FS on Mining Withdrawl
• Our Readers Say
• Open Letter to the BLM
• Huge Nugget To Be Auctioned
• Platinum Group Metals
• Company Notes
• Gold at Mercury Mines
• The Lovitt Mine
• Picks & Pans: "Eye-Balling" for Alaskan Gold
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
• As Millennium Nears, Copper No Longer King in Arizona
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