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Sage-Grouse Listing Denied
February 2005 by Scott Harn
The federal government decided not to add the greater sage-grouse to the list of endangered species. A listing would certainly have resulted in countless new restrictions across the Western states.
Oregon Miner Challenges Forest Service’s Authority to Regulate Mining
Judging by news accounts, Tracy was doing exactly what H.R. 365, commonly referred to as the Mining Act of 1866, allows him to do.
The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part II—Pocket Hunting for Residual Placers
It is a fact that many of the well-known placer districts of the Western US have small veins that contain sparse pockets of coarse gold as their source. This is the main reason why many rich placer districts have seen little or no hard rock mining...
The Public Process—Getting Involved and Making a Difference
The purpose of this article is to give you a short overview of how to get involved in the management of your public lands. By no means can everything about public participation be covered in one short article, but you will find...
Sampling Mineral Deposits
The accurate sampling of mineral deposits for testing and analysis is perhaps the most important step involved in both mineral exploration and development. It is a critical factor in initial prospecting efforts and the preliminary investigation of grassroots exploration projects, yet sampling is often performed in a haphazard and incomplete fashion during the early stages of prospecting and exploration activities.
The Steeple Rock District, New Mexico
The Steeple Rock Mining District is located in the northwest-trending Summit Mountains of southwest New Mexico, at an average elevation of 5,200 feet. The highest point in the mountains is Vanderbilt Peak, which rises to an elevation of 6,773 feet. The mountains receive about 12 inches of precipitation a year in the form of rain and occasional winter snow.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
What Do You Need For A Successful Micro-Scale Mine?
For simplicity, I will assume that you wish to make enough profit so that you can comfortably pay your bills using just the profits from the mine.
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The Bawl Mill
• Shortage of Mining Engineers Projected
• Ex-MarketWatch Mining Promoter Settles Charges
• Carbonatites
• The Art of Finding Coarse Gold—Part III
• Tongass Approves Kensington Mine Plan
• PLP Interim Rule Raffle
• California Miners Locate Rich Pocket of Specimen Gold
• The Lucky Shot Mine
• BC Premier Heralds "Golden Decade" in Forestry and Mining
• Drywashing for Eluvial Gold in the Desert—Using a Portable Drywasher and Hand Tools
• Claim Filings Up in the Northwest
• Canadian Officials Foresee Little Impact From Mine
• Coeur d'Alene Mines Sees Future in Bolivia
• The Golden Highway—Nevada County
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
