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Fly Fishing the Mine Tailings/Headwaters of the Clark Fork, Montana
September 2001 by Michele Murray
Outside of Butte, Montana, going north on I90, you’ll pass through a landscape where the old Anaconda mining company processed thousands of tons of ore twenty years ago. We meant to fish in the vicinity of this historic mining district though we knew it is a Federally classified Superfund site for reclamation now.A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part IV
Trends are geologic situations in which the geological structure of an area is conducive to the deposition of minerals. These structures are generally fault systems that can be small and localized or can run for miles.
Ask The Experts: Could you expand on your previous blasting article?
Q: Could you write more about the last two methods that you mentioned—the expanding chemical mixtures and the micro blasters, how and when to use them, and when not to use them?
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Property rights advocate in running for top BLM spot
- “Draining the swamp” at Interior
The Bawl Mill
• On a personal note...
• The numbers don't lie...much
• The blame game
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Original Sixteen to One cleared
• Another court case settled
Ask the Experts - Processing sulfide ore without mercury or cyanide.
Q: ...Is there any way to process the ore without using mercury or cyanides...?
Picks & Pans: More Big River Dredging in Northern California
As the mining club in Happy Camp had lowered their initial joining price to something even a dirt-poor, full-time gold dredger like me could afford, I joined—and then impatiently awaited the coming of dredging season.
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The Bawl Mill
• A True Endangered Species
• Guest Editorial—Vertical Disintegration
• USGS Reports Increase of Imported Minerals
• The San Juan Mountains, Colorado
• A Silver Opportunity
• Gold in Virginia
• Picks & Pans: DEF Prospectors Rally Was a Huge Success
• News From GATA
• Our Nugget Shooting Adventure
• How PGMs Affect Assay Beads
• Company Notes
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices







