October 2009 (Vol. 79, No. 2) $3.75
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The Bawl Mill
• Poly-something-or-other...
• Health care reform is laughable
• The gap widens
• Time to raise the roof, again -
PLP Files Lawsuit to Lift Ban on Suction Dredging
“The goal is to get the rights of suction gold dredgers restored prior to the next dredging season,” stated PLP president Jerry Hobbs. -
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Interior considers huge withdrawal in Arizona
• Travel Management Plans
• Roadless Rule has nine lives -
Bigger Is Not Always Better
I stayed on the nozzle (about 25 pounds) and Dave moved rock. We worked the hole for two and a half days. Most of the time was spent moving overburden. -
Gold in the Rattlesnake Hills
The Rattlesnake Hills (RSH) in central Wyoming had been overlooked for gold, even though it had all of the earmarks of being a major gold district. -
The Tonopah Gold and Silver District
The discovery of the Tonopah District by Jim Butler in May, 1900, was by far the most important event of its time, just as the discovery of the Comstock was the most important event in the Nevada’s earlier history. -
Possible Discovery Sparks New Klondike Gold Rush
...this time, instead of swarming over streams and gravel beds teasing out flakes of the precious metal, miners may have found the fabled and elusive mother lode. -
Oregon Miner Challenges Forest Service’s Authority to Regulate Mining
Judging by news accounts, Tracy was doing exactly what H.R. 365, commonly referred to as the Mining Act of 1866, allows him to do. -
Dredging Alternative: High Banking
The hope was that a bit of the gold from that famous old pocket mine had worked its way down the slope of the hill and into the gravels Pat and his crew were planning to mine. -
The Fence
When I dropped the boulder into my son’s hand everyone spoke a single word in unison, “Wow!” -
California State Gold Panning Championships
It took two days to determine the best of the best, and it was a fight to the end. -
Melman on Gold & Silver
Not only is the Greenback steadily weakening, but calls for the abandonment of the US Dollar as the world’s reserve currency are growing more frequent and more strident.