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Utah's Crescent Creek Placers
November 2009 by Alan J. Chenworth
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.
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• How do I clean up gold encrusted with iron-sulfides?
Placer Gold Near Fairbanks, Alaska
The Fairbanks Mining District, the most productive gold district in Alaska, lies between the Tanana and Chatanika Rivers, 7 to 25 miles from Fairbanks (Pop. 35,000), in east-central Alaska. Most parts of the district are accessible by road, a rarity in Alaska.
Reading A River: Understanding Erosion and Gold
Rivers are not just random and accidental; streams and other drainages are what they are because of the forces of erosion acting on the bedrock.
Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: If the RV’s a Rockin’, Please Come a Knockin’
I learned the next day that I was not the only one that had crossed paths with a bear. Dick told us about his harrowing experience from the previous night.
Miner Unhappy After Judge Dismisses Charges
Don Eno, a well-known miner and prospector in Plumas National Forest, is the Public Affairs Director of the Lost Sierra Mining & Historical Association and the Northern Office for Public Lands for the People (PLP). He was issued a citation for violating Forest Order 03-98—“camping for longer than 30 days per calendar year...”
Prospecting for Pegmatites
…in some cases pegmatites have produced individual mineral crystals that are enormous, attaining lengths of over 40 feet long, and many of the world’s largest mineral crystals are examples that were found within pegmatite deposits.Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Sheriff withdraws Forest Service law enforcement authority
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The Bawl Mill
• Molycorp Minerals Reopens Mountain Pass Mine
• The Business of Mining—Home Office Tax Deduction
• Peshastin Creek, Washington
• Michigan Proposal Would Restrict Mining Operations
• No Gravel, No Gold
• Nevada Regulators Reach Agreement With Queenstake Resources
• Stillwater Recovers Without GM’s Business
• Gold Has Shown Its Mettle, But How High Can It Go?
• Utility Agrees to Remove Four Klamath River Dams
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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• Oregon Governor Asks For Mineral Withdrawal
• The Very First Issue of the Mining Journal
