The Bawl Mill

March 1999 by Kenneth Harn

Why Did This Silver Mine Close?

October 2014

Bad management, cave-ins, the lack of adequate capitalization, bad winters—the list of possible scenarios that might have closed a mine is a long one.

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2016
...a presentation of these important trends—which coincidentally have dominated the recent news—and my resultant predictions for 2016 and beyond, will make up the majority of this column.

A True Endangered Species

September 2001
Immediate action is needed. I would like to recommend that Homo sapiens be listed as a “threatened species” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part IV—Recovery of Coarse Gold From Alluvial Placers

March 2005
This last installment in the series will look at methods for finding and recovering coarse gold from alluvial (river and stream) placer environments. Unlike the residual and eluvial placers that we have considered previously, the force of flowing...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

May 2017

Oregon Senate passes Senate Bill 3

Millie's Tailings

December 1999
"Swanee" McBride knew how to make a safe trail along the narrow edge of a high, steep slope bordering his mining claims. It twisted into sharp turns as it wound around massive pines and huge boulders.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2009
• California suction gold dredging
• Water rights
• Wilderness
• Climate change
• Two Bush rules left intact

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