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Picks & Pans: Working the Crevices
October 2004 by Ron Wendt
The crowbar can be a valuable mining tool. Crowbars come in all shapes and sizes. For moving large boulders and large chunks of bedrock, the longer 3½ footers work well. Then if you really get in trouble, there’s the long pry bar.
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The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007
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