Federal law allows Oregon’s ban on suction dredge gold mining in rivers where salmon spawn, according to a Ninth Circuit ruling on Wednesday against a group of miners who challenged the restrictions. ...
GONE may be Kinta Valley’s glorious days of tin mining but the Tanjung Tualang Dredge No. 5 will be proudly afloat for a long time to come. Retired in 1982 because of tin export controls ...
Suction dredge mining is a recreational mining practice that vacuums up stream bottoms and riverbeds in search of gold, destroying vital wildlife habitat, increasing sedimentation and suspending toxic ...