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Over the Divide
August 2003 by Staff
Elaine Schrader1935 - 2003
Prospecting and Mining Old Mine Sites

Epithermal Ore Deposits Associated With Tertiary Volcanism—And the Feasibility of Metal Detecting for Them

Picks & Pans: The Gold of "Eldorado Canyon"—Mariposa County, California

California State and US National Gold Panning Championships
This was two days of gold panning, with just over 250 gold panners trying to win a medal to show they were one of the best of the best.
The Alaska Highway and Beyond
My first clean-up showed that my efforts were not in vain. There was considerable color with some good-sized nuggets in the riffle trap.
Melman on Gold & Silver
Strange, isn’t it, how our vocabulary has been expanding of late. Up until late 2001, the term “Twin Towers” meant either the combination of the Federal Budgetary Deficit and the National Debt or the two outstanding forwards of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. Suddenly, the only relevant meaning was the two destroyed buildings in New York City. By mid-2002, most of us who hadn’t given Afghanistan a second thought became familiar with names of towns and regions in that country.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Assembly Bill 1032
• Cache County v. USFS
• CMA appeals cyanide ban
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The Bawl Mill
• House Resources Committee Addresses Environmental Scare-Tactics —by House Resources Committee & Chairman Richard Pombo
• Precious Metals in the Patagonia Mountains
• Idaho-Maryland Mine—History Restarted
• Montana Candidate Sees Natural Resources as Path to Recovery
• Judge Rules Against Oregon Miners—Battle Continues
• Lake County "Diamonds"—Renewed Value for an Old Favorite
• Moving the World's Largest Machine—The Bucyrus 2570W Walking Dragline
• Mother Lode Gold, California
• News From the Pacific Legal Foundation
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Maine to Create Mineral Park
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices