Legislation & Regulation
Clarification on Oregon's SB838
August 2014 by Guest Writer
The 100-yard restriction in SB838 actually applies to all motorized mining for the purpose of extracting gold, silver or any other precious metal that results in the disturbance of vegetation.Legislative and Regulatory Update
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