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Saved Before the Tax Bell Tolled
February 2007 by Mark E. Battersby
The owners of many prospecting, dredging and mining operations may be missing a number of newly extended and expanded tax breaks under the false impressions that they expired. Other tax breaks that may have been overlooked in the past have now been clarified thanks to the last-minute passage of a new tax law.Additional articles that might interest you...
Big Rock Gold
August 2012
Fran, and I had made a practice of turning big boulders in gold producing areas to find some great rewards. Sometimes it was slow and frustrating, but in the end “We got the gold!”
Fran, and I had made a practice of turning big boulders in gold producing areas to find some great rewards. Sometimes it was slow and frustrating, but in the end “We got the gold!”
Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2001
• State officials rip EPA plan for Coeur d'Alene Basin
• Judge keeps parts of suit over cyanide ban alive
• Change in arsenic standard will be felt in rural areas
• State officials rip EPA plan for Coeur d'Alene Basin
• Judge keeps parts of suit over cyanide ban alive
• Change in arsenic standard will be felt in rural areas
Ask the Experts - proper mining claim procedures
April 2013
Q: Can you offer any information on proper mining claim procedures?
Q: Can you offer any information on proper mining claim procedures?
Crushing Quartz in Calaveras County: A Placer Miner Learns New Tricks
June 2014
I had never run an impact mill before, but anything involving rocks, water and a big electric motor sounded great.
I had never run an impact mill before, but anything involving rocks, water and a big electric motor sounded great.
Our Readers Say
December 2015
Gemstones to Die For
November 2014
Some gems can potentially poison you, make you sterile and even make you forget who you are.
Some gems can potentially poison you, make you sterile and even make you forget who you are.
The Bawl Mill
January 2004
• Expensive bags will be around for a long time
• Year-end spending frenzy begins
• Illinois goes to the Democrats
• Expensive bags will be around for a long time
• Year-end spending frenzy begins
• Illinois goes to the Democrats
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The Bawl Mill
• Prospectors Beat Mining Claim Tax
• 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
• 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







