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•The Bawl Mill

•Our Readers Say

Larry Meyer—Magalia, California

Brian Matthesen—Deland, Florida

Russ Pearce—Florissant, Missouri

•Legislative and Regulatory Update

Norton Treasures Environment But Environmentalists Worry

From the National Forest Service

Suit Filed Against Roadless Initiative

New EPA Rules Restrict Ombudsman

Forest Service Sierra Nevada Plan Is Even Opposed by Feinstein

•Guest Editorial: The King Has No Clothes  

by Don Amador, Western Rep., Blue Ribbon Coalition

...many forest managers have simply ignored their Congressional mandate to manage federal forest lands using best management practices and sound science.

GATA Update

A letter to General Colin Powell from GATA Chairman Bill Murphy.

Clean Fuel, Cleaner Air

by Amy Covington

The key ingredient is an emulsifier or additive that enables water and oil to mix.

•Gold Miners Become Tungsten  Miners

by Sam E. Phifer, P.G.

...mineralization was confined to a quartz vein that averaged approximately 6 feet in width.

•Mining Deaths Drop Overall in 2000

Metal and nonmetal miners worked a total of 323.9 million hours through September of this year...

•History of Oil in California

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

...those who solve these problems may be able to find commercially important amounts of oil or gas at reasonably shallow depths.

•VCIs for Environmentally Safe Maintenance

VCIs are a group of assorted products that protect metal surfaces from attack by corrosive agents—moistures, salty air, airborne acids and contaminants.

•Picks & Pans: Dredging on the Arkansas

by Leonard Leeper

The river was only about 20 feet wide at this point and I felt I could jump out about 8 feet of it before I hit the water; then I would swim as fast as I could for the other side.

•Placer Gold in Washington

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

There is intense faulting and shearing in some districts, often being concealed by younger volcanic flows and glacial and periglacial features.

•Alaska Miners to Sue Department of Interior

One new item of concern to Alaska's miners is the requirement for a validity examination before the BLM approves a plan of operation.

•Oregon's Measure 7 May Provide Compensation for Land-Use Restrictions

by Jeff Barnard

With the surprise passage in November of the most sweeping property takings compensation law in the nation, Hardin hopes city and county official will finally be forced to either give him the permit, or pay him the $50 million he says he is losing because he can't mine the property.

Miner's Calendar

•Company Notes

NRX Global

Pan American Silver

•Environment-Friendly Dredging

by Jeff Tolson

Become an advocate of how much good we do and hopefully people will realize that the gold seekers are the best kind of environmentalists—doers not whiners.

•Legacy of the Wandering Jew Mine

by Robert P. Ezzo

Along sections of the vein, where it doesn't exceed more than one foot, the ore was said to be exceptionally pure in high-grade silver.

•Babbitt Wants Moratorium in Siskiyou National Forest

The incoming Bush Administration can dissolve the moratorium as soon as it takes over the Department of Interior.

•Gem Discoveries Sought in North Carolina Field

The gem miner who uncovered North America's largest emerald thinks he's found a mother-lode of emerald-rich rock in Alexander County.

•Greaterville, Arizona

by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD

Greaterville has been active, off and on, for 125 years, yet it is believed that considerable gold remains to be found.

•Identifying Gold Ores

by Charles L. Butler

Today, we use chemical testing, either wet chemistry or a fire assay procedure, to identify the noble metals present and the quantity contained in each sample.

•Looking Back

Excerpts from CMJ published 50 years ago this month.

•Melman on Gold & Silver

by Leonard Melman

...there could be serious consequences for the long term world of precious metals, and we ask you to refer to our 2001 forecast discussion...

•Mining Stock Quotes

•Mineral & Metal Prices

•Gold in Foreign Currencies

•Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages)