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•The Bawl Mill Don't go near the water... Accused drug smuggler can sue US government This won't look good on a resume... Nature Conservancy caught with hand in the cookie jar •Our Readers Say Bernard F. Gira and Lynn Sorensen Frankie D. McFalls •PLP Members Win Occupancy Case--Appeals Continue by Jerry Hobbs, Public Lands for the People Lex and Waggener believed that since they had permissive rights under the Mining Law of 1872, they had the right to occupy their mining claim in unfixed lodgings as long as it was incidental to mining. •Legislative and Regulatory Update USFS Draft Reclamation Bond Guide needs your comments Colorado seeks ownership of rights of way Comments needed for Sierra Nevada EIS Roadless rule to stand, with a few changes Fish and Wildlife budget depleted by environmental lawsuits Groups join forces to stop closure of public lands •Prospecting For Iron In Alaska by Dr. Ralph E. Pray When the A-3 indicated an anomaly while flying fifty feet above treetops, Don would scout for the nearest water to land on, usually the ocean. He stayed with the ship at the beach while I, the ever-helpful state engineer, rushed to the site with the A-3 to perform the initial survey. •Gold Deposits in Skarn by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD Skarn consists of coarse-grained calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum silicates formed by hydrothermal solutions, which replace limestone or dolomite near the contact with an igneous intrusion. •Miner's Calendar •Picks & Pans: Highbanking on the American River by Steve Lintner & R. J. Gould The equipment we were using was experimental, in that it was a dredge adapted for highbanking. It had never been tested before... •Platinum Firm, Palladium to Remain Weak by Johnson Matthey Group Demand for platinum grew by 5% to a new high of 6.54 million ounces in 2002, driven by another year of strong sales to the China jewelry market and by greater use in autocatalysts. Supplies of platinum failed to keep pace... •Spencer Opal Deposits by Lawrence Dee, Geologist In order to give the reader a better appreciation of some of the alternative valuable minerals that can be found by the average prospector, we visited Bob Thompson's Opal Mountain Mine located in Spencer, Idaho. Bob is a former chemical engineer turned opal miner. •Company Notes Sterling Mining Company Wolfden Resources Inc. & Campbell Resources Inc. Teryl Resources Corp. & Kinross Gold Corp. Ashanti Goldfields & AngloGold Ltd. •Hillside Placers by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD As gold-bearing veins and stringers are broken and decomposed by the processes of weathering and erosion, gold is liberated. On steep hillsides, gold may try to work its way to bedrock, but the downward movement of rock debris may be so rapid that gold is carried along in the mass of soil and broken rock. •Elko Mining Expo A Success It certainly was refreshing to be in a town that values mining and the miners who provide us with our invaluable natural resources. •Gold Prospecting in Alberta by Orest Protch Fast running mountain-fed streams and rivers criss-cross deep in this area, which some say harbor abundant placer gold deposits. It is a very popular area for both panning and sluicing operations. •National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Six Leadville, Colorado--Ceremonies for the induction of six pioneers of the American mining industry into the National Mining Hall of Fame will be held on Saturday, September 13, at the Museum Convention Center in Leadville. •Mineral & Metal Prices •Mining Stock Quotes •Gold in Foreign Currencies •Melman on Gold & Silver by Leonard Melman Based on this kind of information, we are able to project that gold could be in the early states of a dynamic and powerful bull market. •Looking Back -- Excerpt from CMJ published 50 years ago •Mine Market—Classified Ads (10 pages) New and used equipment, services, claims for sale, etc. |
