Judge Orders FBI to Produce Records on Civil War Gold Hunt

May 2022 by Associated Press

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to speed up the release of records about the search for the legendary gold, ruling in favor of Finders Keepers, the treasure hunting outfit that led FBI agents to the remote site.

Melman on Gold & Silver (2008 Year in Review)

December 2008
Our December issue is when we take a look backward at the year nearing completion, and this year is no exception. When we do look backward over the past eleven months, all we can say is, “What a year this has been!” And that isn’t meant in a positive...

Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?

August 2017

Any ore grading 32% silver would contain more than 9,000 ounces of silver per ton and be valued at something in the range of $150,000 per ton. Even a few tons of this type of material would be well worth shipping off to a smelter for treatment.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2024

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2001
• Bush lets Roadless Rule take effect while promising changes
• USFS seeks comments for Utah forest
• A bold move by a small town
• Forest Service wants to encourage return of Canada lynx
• Update on Oregon's Measure 7

MMAC & PLP Update -- Rand Mining District Gets Organized

August 2015
The process of updating the Rand Mining District is underway and you’ll see a Public Notice in this issue requesting interested parties to submit an application to serve on the board.

Ask the Experts

July 2007
Q: Some of the terminology you use is way over my head and this might be the case for other beginning prospectors. What does “igneous” mean?

Tales of California Gold Discoveries 1st in a Series—Yankee Jim's

September 2005
Most everyone has heard the term “gold is where you find it’” and probably have read how James Marshall, in 1848, while inspecting the mill-race ditch that had been dug to supply water for the saws at the sawmill that he was building for John Sutter, ended up finding the first pieces of gold within the ditch along the South Fork of the American River...

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