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Picks & Pans: The Professional Nuggetshooter
September 2002 by Jim Straight
I recently returned from a nugget-shooting trip somewhere in the extensive Basin Range of Nevada. While there, I happened to meet “Young Fella,” a professional nuggetshooter.
Melman on Gold & Silver
When one of the major currencies in the world begins to decline steadily, based on monetary history we would expect a bias toward positive movements in the precious metals.
The "Drumstick"
These gifts of nature are all unique to say the least. Any large nugget is an added blessing to the long toiling hours a miner puts in on his claim. Each golden clunker found is an added bonus. And each big one found will be discussed around the dinner table, or the fireplace.
How to Become a More Successful Nugget Detectorist—And Basic Information on Machines
The intention of this article is to summarize the highlights of the past 25 years which have led up to metal detecting for gold nuggets and to cover some basic information...
Picks & Pans: Red Beryl Mining—Beaver County, Utah
The Ruby Violet Mine is a rare red beryl locality that produces the only gem quality material of this type in the world. The mine is located in a topaz rhyolite within a rhyolite flow in the Wah Wah Mountains in Beaver, County, Utah.
BLM Proposed Rule Making Affects Mining Claims
In this proposed rule, BLM is seeking to amend regulations to respond to a recent law that continues to require claimants to pay location and maintenance fees on unpatented mining claims or sites and to provide annual maintenance fee waivers to small miners until September 30, 2001.
Mining Community Loses A Great Leader: Gerald "Jerry" Hobbs
He certainly wasn’t afraid of a fight or a court battle, and he didn’t back away from calling out those who tried to compromise the rights of miners.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Big win by a California suction gold dredger
• Administration locks up another popular gold mining area
• BLM creates de facto wilderness without Congressional approval
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• Paleoplacers in the Black Hills
• The River Runs Through It
• DEF Has Another Successful Year
• Fellow Miner, Left for Dead, Needs Our Help
• PGMs in California
• Company Notes
• Gold in the First Pan
• Looking Back
• Cedros Island, Mexico
• The Eagle and High Peak Mines of Julian, California
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
