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Picks & Pans: A Pay Streak in Slate
July 1999 by Ron Wendt
I stared out across the Yukon River. I estimated the river at this point to be a mile wide. An occasional log floated by in the tan-colored water.Why Environmental Groups Prefer Kerry
President Bush signed Executive Order 13352, “Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation,” on August 26, 2004. The order instructs the departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out their activities in a manner that “takes appropriate account of and respects the interests of persons with ownership or other legally recognized interest in land and other natural resources” and to “properly accommodate” local participation.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have been concerned for some time about the growing roster of laws, rules and regulations under which the entire industrial complex must operate…
Dredging Therapy
The big moment finally arrived. With Norm suited up, I pulled the motor to life and felt instantly better. There’s really something relaxing about the sound of a dredge running—they don’t sound like anything else.
Millie's Tailings
Without a telephone, electricity, or television in his isolated cabin, Olson led a simple and peaceful life. He enjoyed living in a remote canyon surrounded by a vast wilderness. Mining for gold absorbed his days.
Silver Peak, Nevada: A Little of Everything
Silver Peak is a small mining community in Esmeralda County in west-central Nevada, about 30 miles west of Goldfield. Although it’s fairly remote, it’s been an important mining center since the early days.
MMAC Update
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.
The Bawl Mill
• South Korean ad campaigns make men blush
• A revolting development
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• Gold Hunters Hit the Web in Fight with Missile Range
• Religious Broadcaster in Liberia Mining Venture
• Kazak Government Collects Gold from Residents
• Recreational Gold Panning on the South Yuba River
• Groups Wonder Meaning of Call for More Wilderness
• Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Due
• Desert Bonanza
• Gold Near Boulder, Colorado
• Company Notes
• The Carissa Gold Mine, South Pass, Wyoming—A Sleeper?
• Tantalum
• Building the American Dream
• Elizabethtown: Uncovering a Buried California Mining Community
• California Diamonds
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Silver Demand Driving Mine Production Up—Mexico Remains Number One Producer
• Looking Back
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