Winnemucca Rising While Other Towns Falter

September 2008 by Associated Press

The Iola Mine Group, Montgomery County, North Carolina

January 2005
The Iola mine group is made up of four once active gold mines, the Iola, Washington, Golconda and Uwarra gold mines. Although this group of mines were some of the most productive gold mines in North Carolina for a number of years, and according to published records, some of the best managed, they had a relatively short life span for reasons unknown.

The Hughes Creek Placers, Montana

April 2013
Gold discoveries in the Montana territories sparked a frantic stampede to these bonanza destinations in the early 1860s. Hughes Creek is located in Ravalli County, which is located in western Montana, and the gold here is...

Utility Agrees to Remove Four Klamath River Dams

November 2009
PacificCorp, which owns four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, has agreed to terms for their removal, a key milestone in efforts to restore what was once the third biggest salmon run on the West Coast and end decades of battles over scarce water.

Picks & Pans: The Perfect Paystreak

June 2005
I have never heard how Browns Creek got its name but this pristine Northern California stream, which splashes its way from Deer Lick Springs on the Shasta County line to the Trinity River below Junction City, could easily have been called...

Legislative Update

April 1999
Robert Sanregret—Attorney at Law
Western Mining Council
National Association of Mining Districts

California Dredgers Shafted by Assembly Democrats

July 2010
Legislation designed to provide full permit refunds to all suction dredge miners in California has been hijacked in an Assembly policy committee.

Final Buckhorn Mountain Study Released

October 2006
The Washington Department of Ecology recently issued a revised environmental study of a proposed Okanogan County gold mine. The study is an amendment to one done in 1997 for the proposed Crown Jewel open pit mine on Buckhorn Mountain near Chesaw.

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