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Payette Forest Sides With Mining Company
June 2003 by Associated Press
The US Forest Service is siding with a mining company’s bid to reopen roads and drill test holes in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits -- Pt II
Walking around the gulch and exploring the upper drainage, picking up different rocks and inspecting them with a good loop, and looking them up in a field guide of rocks and minerals of your region will help you understand how the gold got there.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• BLM claim fees rise
• Critical minerals bill
• Sage-grouse habitat
Ask The Experts
Can the public take minerals from a mining claim?
Our Readers Say
• Re: Comments needed for Bull Trout critical habitat (May 2004)
• Re: Recommended reading
The Challenge of Winter Dredging
Dredges actually do pretty well in freezing conditions. There are a few tips you should know, however.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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The Bawl Mill
• City Gives Blessing to Pogo Mine
• Underground at Yankee Jim's
• Dry Placers in Southern Baja
• A Gold Detector Sitting in a Closet Only Finds Dust—More Detector Tips
• Gold in Tennessee
• Old Stock Certificates—Treasures or Trash?
• Using Mineral Deposit Models
• Miners Still Waiting for Bonding Recommendations from DOI
• The Old Mine Dump
• A Practical Approach to Dowsing
• Feds Release Opinion on Planned Mine Under Montana Wilderness
• The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
