All Articles
Prospectors Beat Mining Claim Tax
February 2007 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray
Early in 2006, two prospectors, joint owners of unpermitted mining claims in San Bernardino County, California, were confronted by the County Tax Collector with stiff taxes amounting to hundreds of dollars for the “possessory right” to own mining claims in that county.Additional articles that might interest you...
Wilfley Tables—Repair, Rebuild & Set Up
September 2014
I researched the Internet and found a number of table makers, but technology has changed in the last 25 years. No one could sell me a kit for a new deck with wooden riffles...
I researched the Internet and found a number of table makers, but technology has changed in the last 25 years. No one could sell me a kit for a new deck with wooden riffles...
The Bawl Mill
March 2002
• Prison inmate has a change of heart...
• Go on, take the money and run...
• Pampered politicians at work...
• If you can't find it, can you deduct it?
• Prison inmate has a change of heart...
• Go on, take the money and run...
• Pampered politicians at work...
• If you can't find it, can you deduct it?
Nebraska Couple Finds Big Nugget in Arizona
June 2001
Friends of Don and Marlene Doran often tease them about their hobby of searching for unique rocks. Now they are the ones laughing.
Friends of Don and Marlene Doran often tease them about their hobby of searching for unique rocks. Now they are the ones laughing.
The Bawl Mill
October 2009
• Poly-something-or-other...
• Health care reform is laughable
• The gap widens
• Time to raise the roof, again
• Poly-something-or-other...
• Health care reform is laughable
• The gap widens
• Time to raise the roof, again
Picks & Pans: Confessions of a Small Miner—Part I
March 1999
On a beautiful day in 1971, my wife and I were scratching around some old miner's camp when I dug up a metal gold pan and thought I would try my hand at panning for gold. (mistake #1)
On a beautiful day in 1971, my wife and I were scratching around some old miner's camp when I dug up a metal gold pan and thought I would try my hand at panning for gold. (mistake #1)
Ask the Experts
April 2014
Magnetometers explained
Magnetometers explained
Will California Dredging Survive?
August 2007
Assembly Bill 1032 has passed the California House of Representatives. The bill was authored by CalTrout and the Karuk Tribe, then introduced by Representative Lois Wolk.
Assembly Bill 1032 has passed the California House of Representatives. The bill was authored by CalTrout and the Karuk Tribe, then introduced by Representative Lois Wolk.
Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill
• In Pursuit of Gold and Silver in the Sierra Madres—Establishing a Mining Company in Mexico
• Update On “Special Rock” Kicking
• Michigan DEQ Gives Tentative OK to Nickel, Copper Mine
• Saved Before the Tax Bell Tolled
• The Petersville—Yentna Goldfields
• Demand for Copper Boosts Zambian Mining
• Doc Livingston
• Bum Luck
• San Manuel Mine Officially Closes With a Bang
• Environmentalists Target Pebble Mine
• Detecting in Australia's Pilbara Region
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
