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October 2001 by Staff
• Regarding 3809 and property rights• Regarding the editorial, "A True Endangered Species" (09/01 ICMJ)
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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...
Gold in the Drum Mountains
The Drum Mountains are located 23 to 30 airline miles northwest of Delta (pop. 2,000), in west-central Utah. The desert mountains rise to 7,233 feet and receive only 8 inches of precipitation a year.
Making A Big Discovery
We sent them a lot of information, including my presentation about the area and its potential. We were excited to learn a couple weeks later that the company was interested in the property.
Forest Service Chief Calls for Mining Moratorium in Montana
The Forest Service wants a two-year ban on new hard-rock mining claims on 429,000 acres of national forest land on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
Hard Rock and Placer Gold of Manhattan, Nevada
He found 5 to 7 feet of gravel containing half an ounce per yard. This started a rush of placer activity and several other shafts were sunk, with some large multi-ounce nuggets being found.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Settlement hearings
• Fighting back
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The Bawl Mill
• Placer & Lode Gold Deposits
• Spanish Silver in Arizona
• Hog Mountain Mining, Past and Future
• Picks & Pans: Dredging Costa Rica
• Gold in Texas
• The Goldhill Mining District
• New Arsenic Study Supports Tougher Standards
• Miners Resume Search for Platinum Near Platinum
• Discoloring Assay Beads
• Tons of Gold Buried Under World Trade Center
• Gold Rush Ship Uncovered in San Francisco
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• The Financial Repercussions of the WTC Tragedy
• Permit Appears Likely for Rock Creek Mine
