Panel Cuts Park Monies, Eases Mining Restrictions

August 1999 by Associated Press

Our Readers Say

October 1999
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The Basics of Exploration Leases and Contracts—Part I

February 2019

Let’s take a look at these important property aspects individually, because they all affect the value of a property and how much mining companies might or might not be interested acquiring it.

Geologists Locate Giant Gemstones

March 2005
W. Dan Hausel, Senior Economic Geologist with the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS), has been successful at finding new mineral deposits and occurrences.

Ask The Experts - Do I have any grandfathered rights that post FLPMA claim holders do not have?

September 2011
Q: Does a claim holder of a claim that has been under constant, active status since 1932 have any rights that owners of newer claims do not have? In other words, do I have any grandfathered rights that post FLPMA claim holders do not have?

Fix or Replace, Depreciate or Write-Off

June 2010
In today’s economy, the question is often not whether to fix or replace equipment, fixtures, business assets or even the building housing the mining operation or mining-related business, it is which path is affordable.

Doc Livingston

February 2007
Charles “Doc” Livingston was born September 28, 1920, in Veve, Indiana. At the ripe old age of 13, he moved to a bustling mining town called Iowa Hill, in Placer County, California. For the next 64 years he worked in, around, or out of the historic mining town.

California State Gold Panning Championships

October 2015
This year’s 2015 California State Gold Panning Championships were wild and hectic.

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