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•The Bawl Mill •Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Raises Harassment of Miners to a New Level by Greg Christensen, Resources Coalition On February 22, 2002, the local mining community was shocked to hear a local dredger had been charged with two crimes and had two pieces of equipment confiscated. Each case is classified as a "gross misdemeanor" with a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of five thousand dollars. •Legislative and Regulatory Update Endangered Species Act reform Extremist groups blamed for catastrophic wildfires EPA revisits TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) National Heritage Act seeks to take control of lands away from local governments •Oregon Miners File Suit Against Fisheries Service Eastern Oregon Mining Association members have filed a federal lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) demanding that the agency provide biological opinions on any threat to wildlife or the environment so miners can begin working their claims. •BLM Land Swap Deal Raises Eyebrows The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Washington D.C. is reviewing a land swap with a private company because the bureau allowed an employee of the company to arrange the deal. •Gold in Nevada by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD Over 135 million ounces of gold were produced in Nevada between 1858 and 2001, 107 million of that total being since 1965. Now, the so-called "Silver State" is the leading gold producer in the nation. •The Greenhorn by Bob Schlosser My second reaction was, "Should I stay here in the dark until the foreman comes looking for me or should I try to find my way back in the dark?" I soon realized that if I was to recover any self respect from this misadventure, I had to try to find my way back in the dark. •Striking Gold by Ron Wendt Once I failed to check out some bedrock ten feet from where I was sniping. Had I not been so lazy I might have recovered 44 ounces in a ten-foot square section of bedrock. Instead someone else got it. Go with your hunches. •The Bombarded 38° Parallel by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD There are extensive zinc, lead, and fluorite deposits that coincide, roughly, with the 38° parallel. The origin of the deposits has never been fully understood. •Picks & Pans: The Trophy Hunt by R.E. Devine Jr. We must have had all the major detector manufacturers covered. And they all found gold, one not being much better than the others. It was just a matter of how much time you put in and if your coil went over the right spot! I had my first nugget within a half hour and then Todd AK, about fifty feet in front of me, nailed the first one-ounce-plus nugget. This was going to be one heck of a nugget-hunting trip! •Miner's Calendar •Corner Country Gold by Jim Foster If only Sturt had known he was camped in the center of a huge gold bearing area, his men cold have been much better employed, but it wasn't for another twenty-two years after James Poole died in the wilderness that gold was found near Depot Glen. Over the next thirty years gold was dug, washed, and dry blown across a vast area that stretched from Mount Brown in the south to Tibooburra in the north. •Something to Consider When You Go Dredging by Dave Varabioff The first thing I noticed (besides how difficult it was to hold an 8" hose in a current by myself) was how hard it was to get through the gravel. It was packed hard, like cement. I was only able to get through the material by working the nozzle back and forth while using my pry bar to loosen rocks. The next thing I noticed was that I was seeing some nice little nuggets. •Western Mining Artifact Collectors Show by Mark Mallicoat Our event began on Friday afternoon at the home of Mike and LaVeta Nevius in Nevada City. They have collected and beautifully arranged over 5 acres of old mining iron in what Mike calls his Rustic Iron Preserve. •Rattlesnakes by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD The rattlesnake is the only poisonous snake that a miner needs to worry about in the western United States. Since the snakes do more good than harm, the writer leaves them alone. •The Gold Hill and Iowa Mine 1895-1938 by Sharon A. Murray The Gold Hill continued to be the largest producing underground mine in Boise County between 1917 and 1921. The Consolidated Gold Hill and Iowa Group included eleven patented and three unpatented claims. The mill treated 75 tons of ore a day. Eighty percent of the gold and silver was recovered on amalgam plates. •ICMJ's 2002 Photo Contest Form •Looking Back - July 1952 •Melman on Gold & Silver by Leonard Melman •Mineral & Metal Prices •Mine Market—Classified Ads (9 pages) |
