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Stimulus Package Provides Potential Tax Savings For Miners
April 2009 by Mark E. Battersby
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a nearly $800 billion stimulus package, includes nearly $300 billion in potential tax savings. Every prospector, miner and mining operator can share in over $75 billion in tax benefits for 2009 and 2010.Metal Detecting Old Hard Rock Mine Dumps
The type of mine dump that is best for metal detecting are the ones that consist of mixed sizes of rock and are located near some sort of excavation, commonly a shaft or adit. Sometimes the piles located along a trench dug by the miners can be productive as well.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Idaho EPA may pare back agressive water stance
• House panel recommends changing federal mineral royalty
• Gold mining company raises funds to fight initiative
• Comment period extended
Ask The Experts—Where to Take Sulfide Ore for Processing
Q: I have a high grade silver-copper vein. In my area of NE Washington, hundreds of these veins were mined and shipped ore years ago. The vein is not a problem to mine, the problem is whom do I sell the sulfide ore to these days?...
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Pacific Legal Foundation Gets Significant Win
In an important victory for western property owners, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled for Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), and Idaho rancher Verl Jones’ family, in a closely watched case that addresses the standard by which injunctions can be issued under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Melman on Gold & Silver
Unquestionably, it was the other side of the Atlantic Ocean—that is the European side—that provided virtually all the political, economic and social fireworks during the past month.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
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• Detecting Invisible Gold
• Finding Diamond Deposits With Your PC—Part I
• Has Senator Harry Reid Worn Out His Welcome?
• The Most Obvious Place
• The Gold of Yuba County
• PDAC 2009 Convention Highlights
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes, Mineral & Metal Prices
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• Steven's Trail and the North Fork of the American
