Prospecting & Detecting
Successful Rally for Suction Dredge Miners in Idaho
August 2014 by Scott Harn
Representative Paul Shepherd stopped by, and Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chmelik dove with one of the dredgers so he could see for himself that no harm was being done to fish or their habitat.
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