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USFS Criticized for Renting Chopper in Nevada Dispute
November 2003 by Associated Press
The Forest Service is being criticized for spending $15,000 to rent a helicopter to empty sewage from a remote outhouse in northeast Nevada, work a citizens group had volunteered to do for free by using a closed forest road that the group wants reopened.Treasure Hunters Abound in Greece
Greed nearly starved Greece's legendary gold-transforming King Midas to death—but still they haven't learned.
A Golden Past
My mining partner Keith McBride and I spent a week in May working on a twenty-nine man crew split up into six teams at a couple of “pay to mine” mining camps.
The Search for Specimen (Pocket) Gold in the California Mother Lode
Any good miner can drift along a vein to find concentrations of gold if it is there, using good eyes and panning.
Libby, Montana Prospectors Keep Tradition Alive
Located 23 miles south of Libby, the land surrounding the Libby Creek area has been of interest to prospectors since the early 1860s, when it was home to up to 600 miners working at a camp known as Libbysville.
Ask The Experts
• Two questions: Is fool's gold magnetic? And how do you go about filing a miing claim?
Over the Divide: John A. Miscovich
Mining “giant” John A. Miscovich died August 22, 2014, at the age of 96. He was the well-known inventor of the “Intelligiant” water cannon.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have heard much “tough talk” through the years regarding reining in the regulatory excesses of government agencies in the past, but little action has followed those words. Perhaps we will finally see a genuine move away from excessive regulation.
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