Over The Divide: Jim Straight, 1930-2019

June 2019 by Staff

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2020

• Pendley nomination withdrawn but will remain BLM director for now
• Comments needed for Midas Gold project in Idaho

Hand Panning Micro-Fine Gold

May 2017

Once you get down to the black sands or a few tablespoons of material, the technique changes dramatically.

The Bawl Mill

April 2001
• Man offers $300, four cows for hired killing
• Tax Assessor suspended for "sexual favors"
• Divine Intervention
• Big is beautiful

MMAC Update

November 2016
Within these districts, some of the roads and trails have been reopened for access, critical habitat designations have been scaled back, and a few Mining Districts were completely removed from proposed withdrawals.

PLP Files Lawsuit to Lift Ban on Suction Dredging

October 2009
“The goal is to get the rights of suction gold dredgers restored prior to the next dredging season,” stated PLP president Jerry Hobbs.

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 2014
As we have noted through the years, perhaps the most direct, single influence on the future of gold and silver is their monetary opposite—currencies in general, the US Dollar in particular.

Sluicing on Bedrock

November 2002
My head nearly scraped the caribou horns that hung above the doorway of the old tarpaper cabin I would call home for a few days. The cabin was originally built in the early 1930s and had been dragged about 200 yards across the valley to...

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