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•The Bawl Mill •Our Readers Say Matt Baker, Hayward, California Russ Pearce, Florissant, MO •Siskiyou National Forest Update by Tom Kitchar The Waldo Mining District would like your assistance. The previous withdrawal was canceled due to the overwhelming support of miners like you. (Comments were 11-to-1 against the previous withdrawal.) Please lend us your support to stop this unjustified and unnecessary closure of our public lands. •Legislative and Regulatory Update Celebrities take over hearing, and at least one senator is fed up Ruling upholds EPA's authority to address Garcia River, other waterways polluted by runoff US Supreme Court: Sokaogon Chippewa can set water standard 1872 Mining Law under attack Waiting for a decision about 43CFR 3809 •Company Looks at Restarting Sunshine Mine The lights are on again in the Sunshine silver mine as a New Orleans company investigates whether it is profitable to buy the operation. •Piedmont Gold by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD The Piedmont region of the eastern United States extends for over 800 miles, from Alabama northeast to Pennsylvania. It includes the rolling country between the flat coastal plain to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. •Gold & The Dollar by US Representative Ron Paul (speech delivered to the House of Representatives) This is what is starting to happen, and trust in the dollar is being lost. The value of the dollar this year is down 18 percent compared to gold. This drip in value should not be ignored by Congress. We should never have permitted this policy that was deliberately designed to undermine the value of the currency. •Miners Calendar •Picks & Pans: Exploring Wyoming's High Desert by David C. Freitag The one thing that nagged at us the most was the one thing that most small miners realize sooner or later--the more gravels you produce, the more gold you take home. So we began to research a faster way of production and in no time we learned what a trommel was. •Sons of Gwalia & Herbert Hoover by Jim & Cheryl Foster Arriving in Western Australia, Hoover found that inspection of the mining properties meant days on end on camel back. Camels were the only form of transport that could withstand the vast waterless distances. where the only ground cover was low scrubby sagebrush. •ICMJ's 2002 Photo Contest Form •Looking Back - July 1952 •Prospecting on the Yukon by Ron Wendt Though this section of river can easily be floated at an average of 45 miles a day, to get the full benefit of such a trip requires at least a month of non-rushed exploration. In my year of searching for gold, there was never a greater thrill than prospecting along the Yukon. •Placer Gold in Arizona by Edgar B. Heylmun A prolonged drought at the time of this writing has made the placers the driest they have been in recorded history. A good gold panner can find colors in many gulches and benches, far more than those that have been described in reports. •The Fire Assay of Fly Eyes by Dr. Ralph E. Pray A magnified thin section of the oil-rich Mahogany layer, which yields over fifty gallons of oil per ton when retorted, shows insect legs, wings, eyes and other parts as black against a tobacco-brown matrix. From this viewpoint, where organics are the only visitors observed in the host carbonate rock, the fire assay may not be the first choice for determining precious metals. •Bill Could Create New Silver Market Legislation before Congress would enable the federal government to become a net silver buyer for the first time in four decades. •2002 Inductees to the National Mining Hall of Fame Seven legendary figures of American mining will be enshrined in the National Mining Hall of Fame in ceremonies on Saturday, September 7, 2002, at The Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. Of the seven, one is Living. He is Alexander Murray (Bud) Wilson, 80, of Los Altos, California. •Mineral & Metal Prices •Melman on Gold & Silver by Leonard Melman •Mystery of Olmec Jade Solved by Niko Price, Associated Press Writer Since the 18th century, collectors, geologists and archaeologists have sought the answer to a frustrating mystery: The ancient Olmecs fashioned statues out of striking blue-green jade, but the stone itself was nowhere to be found in the Americas. •Mine Market—Classified Ads (10 pages) |
