All Articles
USFS Criticized for Renting Chopper in Nevada Dispute
November 2003 by Associated Press
The Forest Service is being criticized for spending $15,000 to rent a helicopter to empty sewage from a remote outhouse in northeast Nevada, work a citizens group had volunteered to do for free by using a closed forest road that the group wants reopened.Let’s Go Crevicing for Gold
People have been looking for gold in every manner possible since the big gold boom in 1849, so what chance do we have of getting anything in today’s world where literally thousands of prospectors and fortune seekers have been before us?
The Bawl Mill
• Protesters trash the place
• IRS can't keep a secret
• Make way for minimum wage
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Karuk Tribe at it again
• Republicans drop mining provision from budget bill
• Idaho miners agree to stricter bonding requirements
• Comments needed for Oregon turbidity review
The Hunch
The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here, meaning no bold, favorable indicators.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California dredging update
• On a related issue, SB 233
• EPA and greenhouse gases
Baker City is Defined by Gold Rush
When they strung up poor Bogs Greenwood on a ranch near here in 1864 for murder, most probably figured it was the start and finish of his moment of fame. But when a Main Street bank building was torn down decades later, a time capsule turned up, and there was Bogs’ skull, along with a brief biography.
Subscription Required:
The Ball Mill
• British Columbia to Streamline Filing of Mining Claims
• Millsite Opinion Overturned!
• Continental Drift
• Eight Mines Earn Prestigious Safety Awards
• A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
• Company Notes
• The Kennedy Gold Mine—An Impressive Piece of History
• Buckhorn Mountain Project May Be Revived
• Watermelon Gold
• Picks & Pans: An Arizona Miner
• Gold Hill, Utah
• Looking Back
• Frozen Prospects
• Platinum in Nevada
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• New Guinea Denies Existence of Gold Stash
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
