Month: July 2017

Jerry Keene, rest in peace

We are so very sorry to announce today that Jerry Keene has passed away. Here is a letter from the Keene family. Please join us in sending our condolences to Pat and family, he will be sorely missed. Dear Friends, Family and Valued Customers. It is with deep regret and sorrow, that we inform you […]

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Dredging lingo 101

Dredging 101 We are frequently asked about dredging and have trained a lot of people how to dredge over the years. Dredgers have their own language (not universal), and when underwater they cannot verbally communicate so we have sign language. This is “our” language and it varies from miner to miner. Here is our language: […]

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DFG confiscates highbanking mining equipment in CA

We have just learned today that a miner, on his mining claim was well, cited kinda……. by a DFG LEO (Dept of Fish and Game, Law Enforcement Officer) for running a small water pump to feed his perfectly legal highbanker. A highbanker is a small box which one shovels dirt into, introduces a little water […]

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Is the Payette USFS out of control?

We’ll let you decide….   http://usfspayettenationalforest.blogspot.com/2017/07/payette-national-forest-under_5.html For the complete article, click here: Payette NF

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