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The Bawl Mill
May 2006 by Staff
• A breath of fresh air?• Ay Carumba!
• Principal pours it on a little too thick...
Noted Geologist Murdered in Kenya
Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeast Kenya.
BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to close off nearly 5,000 acres of public land on South Pass for the next two years while a plan is developed for designating portions of Sweetwater River as wild and scenic.
The Koyukuk-Nolan Goldfields
It has been said by many, “One of Alaska’s most beautiful places in the world is in the Brooks Range.” You'll get no argument from me.
Company Notes
• Coeur Alaska
• Canico Resources
• Entree Gold
• Newmont Mining
• Bema Gold
• Copper Ridge Explorations
PLP Update
Public Lands for the People has established an online petition. We would like to gather thousands of signatures from across the country to show members of Congress that their constituents are supporting this legislation.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Forest Service proposes further changes to mining regs
• Preble’s mouse resurrected
Small-Scale Hard Rock Production
So far this year we have recovered over three pounds of gold and the hard rock veins seem to go on forever. We now have three claims that can produce good enough gold to set up a productive operation.
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Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part V Geology of Hardrock Gold Deposits
• Orko Silver Corp.
• Miners Win Again in SREP vs. USFS
• The Willow Creek-Hatcher Pass Alaskan Goldfields
• Metal Detecting for Gold Within Andesite and Basaltic Volcanic Mining Districts
• How to Prospect for Silver Field Tests You Can Use to Detect the Hidden Metal
• Identifying the Noble Metals Simple Tests That Work
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
