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During discussions with other property rights advocates and members of the current administration, Karen Budd-Falen’s name was mentioned many times as a possible director for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

“I heard him hollering down in the hole as soon as I got there,” he said. “I was just glad to see him alive.”

This was two days of gold panning, with just over 250 gold panners trying to win a medal to show they were one of the best of the best.

It appears that market softness due to a slowing Chinese economy may already have affected precious and base metals quotes.

• Prospector banned from college campus
• Early retirement...

• Interior Department reigns in “sue and settle”
• Comments needed on Forest Service Part 228 regulations

This is the story of a nugget patch I’ve been working on that is a bit unusual. I won’t be telling you where it is located, but I will tell you how I found it and how I’ve worked it.

I opted for the underwater portion of the river. All I have to do is float down the river and pick large flakes and small nuggets out of cracks and crevices while staying cool in the summer heat.

It is not necessary to have a PhD in geology, but you need to know the basics, so that’s what I am going to try to dig into here—the understandable basics of these gigantic gold deposits.

Priorities will include meeting with the EPA regarding suction gold dredging permitting and with the Forest Service regarding revisions to CFR 228A regulations related to mining and access on public lands.

Father’s Day in Australia was on September 2, and it’s a day a group of miners from “down under” won’t soon forget.

The pit was a classic one—exposed shale bedrock with all the material being washed out one end of the pit. Within a few minutes I had a nice mellow signal that was in open ground.

With one outstretched hand grasping the bottle and the other waving at air, I moved forward feeling for the tent. No tent. No tree.