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•The Bawl Mill •Legislative and Regulatory Update Utah, fed up with federal and environmental policies, takes action Administration proposes ending fish protections to settle suit Court finds fault with Forest Service spotted owl study •43 CFR 3809 Final Rule While we certainly didn't get everything we asked for, we do have a much more reasonable set of regulations to work with than we were given during the last days of the Clinton administration. The Final Rule was published in late February 2000, and I will attempt to highlight the significant sections for you. •Alluvial Fans by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD Large amounts of gold may be present in alluvial fans, especially if the fan is downstream from a mineralized district in the mountains. There are literally hundreds of large alluvial fans in the arid and semi-arid regions of the United States, some of which have been worked for gold. •Miners Calendar •Platinum Claims on Heines Creek by Ron Wendt In many cases, when it's found in placer form, most prospectors don't have a clue what they've stumbled across, or they just weren't looking for it, which is mostly the case. That's why I look for everything, and I have developed through the years the mentality of a scrounging prospector who collects a lot of samples and carefully analyzes them. •Picks & Pans: Eureka! We Struck It Again by Don Robinson and Harley Lukenbill About a half-hour after everything got underway, James came back to Harley, whispering, "Harley, you're not going to believe this, but I just detected a vein with gold, lots of gold...I mean lots of gold. You've got to come and see this." •More on Meteorites by Jim Straight To put it in simple terms, you are now looking for "hot rocks" from space, a ferrous magnetic (iron), not non-ferrous (gold or coin), target. •The Gold Hill and Iowa Mine, Boise County, Idaho by Sharon A. Murray This property enjoyed the distinction of being one of Idaho's longest operated gold mines prior to its closure in 1938. What follows is a brief history of the mine prior to 1900. •The First Prospectors by Dr. Ralph E. Pray Who were the earliest prospectors in the Western Hemisphere? Is there any way to tell? •All That Glitters Is Gold by Dave Varabioff I put the nuggets under the microscope on 20X magnification; under 20X, I started to get a much clearer picture that these were manufactured nuggets. •Aussie Gold—Swinging Over to South Australia by A.R. Cameron Diamond potential is high in certain areas, with a number of swarms of kimberlite and lamproite dykes yielding quantities of micro-diamonds. •Melman on Gold & Silver by Leonard Melman •Mining Stock Quotes •Mineral & Metal Prices •Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages) |
