The Search for Specimen (Pocket) Gold in the California Mother Lode

October 1999 by Dwight Juras, PhD

Kerry Proposes Large Fees on Miners

September 2004
John Kerry’s proposal to increase mineral royalties to raise money for national parks has drawn strong opposition from officials and mining interests in Nevada, which produces 81 percent of the nation’s gold.

Potential Gold at Old Hydraulic Sites

October 2013
So why would a modern-day prospector want to learn about a method of mining that was banned by the courts more than a century ago?

Record-Breaking Alaskan Nugget for Sale

May 2001
Clay described working the placer claim with his D-6 in 1998, “when this big one just rolled....."

Miners Rescued After Two Weeks

June 2006
Two Australian miners who survived for two weeks in a kennel-size cage trapped 3,000 feet underground walked out of the Beaconsfield Gold Mine and punched the air, freed by rescue crews drilling round-the-clock by hand.

Melman on Gold & Silver

December 1999
The only phrase that comes to mind in reviewing this past month is "deja vu." We've seen all this before; falling gold prices, rising stock markets, soaring hi-tech stocks, crazy initial public offerings (IPO's) and a return to public confidence that all problems can be solved.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2007
• Assembly Bill 1032
• Forest Service tries to rewrite Mining Law
• California seeks comments from dredgers
• Support PLP efforts

Using a Winch to Work Smarter, Not Harder

July 2009
It’s really a kick to watch a boulder weighing several tons moving out of your dredge hole and onto the cobble pile being pulled by a cable attached to your portable winch.

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