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The Business of Mining: Financial Recoveries for Mandated Changes
April 2006 by Mark E. Battersby
True independence is rare among prospectors and miners. There is always someone or some agency that is telling the small-scale miner or prospector how to operate or requiring changes in their operations.Additional articles that might interest you...
Fountain of Youth Gold
May 2011
Across and downstream of our operation was a large pile of huge boulders. It was logical to think that water forces may have deposited gold in and around these boulders. We moved our dredge over and started pulling the rock pile apart.
Across and downstream of our operation was a large pile of huge boulders. It was logical to think that water forces may have deposited gold in and around these boulders. We moved our dredge over and started pulling the rock pile apart.
Hardrock Detecting
October 2002
A local mining company had been mining in the Circle mining district area creeks in interior Alaska for sixteen years. Using bulldozers, drag-lines, water pumps, and large sluicing plants, the owner-operator was very familiar with the geology...
A local mining company had been mining in the Circle mining district area creeks in interior Alaska for sixteen years. Using bulldozers, drag-lines, water pumps, and large sluicing plants, the owner-operator was very familiar with the geology...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
April 2003
• Alaska Governor blasts state habitat division
• Laws proposed and reviewed in Washington State
• Comments needed on California's arsenic goals
• New explosives requirements
• Bill introduced to curb ESA abuses
• Alaska Governor blasts state habitat division
• Laws proposed and reviewed in Washington State
• Comments needed on California's arsenic goals
• New explosives requirements
• Bill introduced to curb ESA abuses
Thinking Outside The Creek
March 2015
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
March 2008
• Senate looks at HR 2262
• Washington Gold & Fish rules
• Senate looks at HR 2262
• Washington Gold & Fish rules
Ask the Experts
August 2014
What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?
What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?
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The Bawl Mill
• Federal Court to Address Dredge Permits—The Tulloch Rule
• Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part IV Geology of Hardrock Gold Deposits
• Economic Impact of Mining in Alaska
• The Kenai Peninsula Goldfields
• Copper Price Keeps Canadian Miners Busy
• Utilizing Geologic Maps
• The Rich Hill Outing
• Picks & Pans: Detecting at Ganes Creek
• Copper Mine Opening in Utah
• Future of Mining in Bolivia Uncertain
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
