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Platinum Alley—The South American Zone of Wealth and Adventure
June 2008 by George H. Hamilton Jr.
California and Alaska have their reputation for gold mining wealth but they just don’t begin to compare with the huge wealth of gold and platinum found in the past and today in Colombia, Panama and Ecuador in western South America.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• I-147 will be on the ballot
• Consolidation granted
• More rivers off-limits to mining
• Valley fills decision appealed
• Forest Service cites dredgers
• Time extended for roadless comments
• Newmont water permit voided
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California Senator proposes locking up 2.5 million acres with "Wildnerness" designation
• Battle over the rights of people versus fish continues in the Klamath Basin
• Sound science or "fairy tales"
State Rivers Closed to Prospecting in Washington
The Washington Department of Natural Resources appeared at a recent dredge rally near Oroville to announce the closure of all state-owned aquatic lands to prospecting.
Deep Nuggets From The Strange Little Patch
I began detecting at the bottom of the gully and started making my way upstream. About mid-way there was a nice, flat stretch for about ten feet.
Mannequins Bring "Life" to Mining Museum
Mining is coming back to Leadville, at least in spirit.
Time for a New Approach: Detecting Float Gold
The first pieces found were in a spot that most gold hunters would not even detect, right in the middle of a downslope meadow.
Canyon Resources Offers to Sell Mineral Rights
Canyon Resources Corporation recently offered to let environmental groups buy the mineral rights under nearly a million acres of land in western Montana.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Choosing The Right Detector Coil
• Washington Gold Miners Receive Ecology Award
• Internet Scams
• Becoming A Nozzle Master
• Slug Gulch
• Gold Deposits of Georgia
• Mining the Old-Timers
• Prospecting Adventures—Pure Gold
• Legislation Would Require Palladium Coin
• Record Gold Prices Prompt Gold Mining In Boulder
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
