You Are Flushing Money Down The Toilet

Seal of the United States Geological Survey. The central element is a crossed pick and hammer, a traditional symbol of mining, over a stylized symbol of a mountain and water. The USGS has a separate logo which is used as a visual identifier. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You may want to consider changing your bathroom habits after reading this.

Maybe save your shit and pan it out at the end of the month?

Help pay the rent? Car payment? Shit you could even save up for a vacation trip.

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It Is The Same Every Place You Look

It does not matter what state you are in the government seems to want both recreational and Mom and Pop mining to cease to exist.



Here is the latest from Alaska: Interior miners upset with proposed BLM restrictions | Alaska Dispatch News:



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An Interesting Story From Colorado

I get a kick out of some of these old newspaper accounts. It is easy to imagine the author sitting outside in the sun, or maybe writing by the light of a kerosene lamp, telling their story about the way things are.

Sometimes you have to admire the optimism they show and wonder if things have changed much in the last 100 or so years. They seem to be shills for someone, It is easy to imagine who.

What do you think? Has news reporting changed much?



A tailing tale | The Weekly Register-Call:



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Idaho river dredgers want it all

It gets stranger all the time. I agree that dredging on a small scale is OK, but this bill is a little weird to say the least.

If it gets past the senate it will certainly end up in court and be headed for the dumpster. Time will tell I guess,



Idaho river dredgers want it all in effort to snub feds | The Spokesman-Review:



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Looking For Detachment: Links: Blowpipe Tests

Looking For Detachment: Links: Blowpipe Tests:



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Gold prospecting bill raises concerns

Gold prospecting bill raises concerns:



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Prospecting for Gold With the New 49ers

Do you want to try your luck at prospecting?

Here is an article that will give you some ideas. - Prospecting for Gold With the New 49ers - Pacific Standard

Panning is easy to learn, it is finding the place where the gold is that needs a large amount of study.

You can't just wade into a creek or river and expect to start finding gold in your pan. If yo do you are very, very lucky.

Another thing - if you pan 4 or 5 pans of gravel and find nada you may as well knock off. This is assuming your panning skills are good.

If you are new at the hobby I suggest taking a weekend to learn to pan. There are plenty of people and organizations offering them and the cost, if any, is very low. You will learn how to do it with real gold so when you hit the trail on your own you will know it is not your poor gold panning skill that is resulting in the empty pan.

That will tell you you are panning the wrong spot and it is time to dump your dirt and move along.



As always, the best gravel is upstream...



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The Mad Russian's Island mystery - Williams Lake Tribune

For you guys in the frozen North:



I think this could be built up into a real good story with a little bulls hit added where needed.



Haphazard History: The Mad Russian's Island mystery - Williams Lake Tribune:



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