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Contact Senator Dave Cogdill
Contact Assemblyman Tom Berryhill
(Information for the following two articles was taken from the April 2008 edition of the ICMJ Prospecting and Mining Journal)
More Wilderness Lands Proposed
"Several Congress members from Nevada are laying the foundation for new wilderness in Esmeralda, Lyon, and Mineral Counties. Senator Reid's office stated their staff has been meeting with stakeholders regarding the various wilderness designations. In addition, a pending energy bill includes 106,000 acres of Wilderness in the Wild Sky region of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State (Senate Bill 2616). The Wilderness designation is supported by Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) and Representative Rick Larsen (D-Wash). Miners are encouraged to contact their representatives in Congress to make sure their voices are heard and potential mining areas are considered for exclusion."
HR 2016 Threatening Miners
"HR 2016, a bill that would create a National Landscape Conservation system, passed out of committee and has moved to the full House for discussion and a possible vote. Just what we need to grow more government and add more bureaucrats to the payroll. The bill would subject 26 million acres of public lands, currently under the care and control of the Bureau of Land Management, to additional regulations. It appears to be another attempt by environmental interests to place public lands off-limits to miners and other public land users, and would drastically expand the role of government in land luse decisions. The committee vote was mostly along party lines. Democrats voted for the bill and Republicians against it. Rob Wittman, a Republican from Virginia, was the lone exception and voted for the bill. Please contact your state represntatives in Congress to make your opinions known."
Gold Pan Animation
Take a look at this interesting animation of the dynamics of how a gold pan works. Gold Pan Animation
Gold Weights
Here is an explanation of how gold is weighed.
Rules of Conduct
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Board Meeting Rules
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