California's ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the California Supreme ...

From the 1930s to the 1950s, with time out for World War II, this dredge’s buckets ate earth, spewed rock, and found gold $4.5 million worth at a time when its value was $35 per ounce.

Recreational gold mining using suction dredges along Northern California’s Klamath River must be reviewed by federal wildlife officials if threatened coho salmon might be harmed, a federal ...

A third, SB370, would require gold dredgers to pay $125 for a commercial placer mining permit, and restrict them to small dredges with hoses less than 4 inches in diameter.

Some fear a legal battle challenging regulations of suction dredge mining could jeopardize the future of recreation tourism and threaten people’s rights to use public lands. Occasionally, Leslie’s ...

Miners must keep a log of dredge operations. Dredges are limited to 8-inch nozzles on major rivers, and 4-inch nozzles on others. Dredging must occur in the water at least 3 feet from the riverbank.

Cables are attached to the Gold Reiling Dredge, used for mining gold, to keep it upright on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 along French Gulch Road near Breckenridge. Hugh Carey/[email protected] | ...

The State Senate’s April decision to delay voting on SB 1222 granted neither side victory and left the fate of suction dredge mining in California unsettled until the State Water Board ...

California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold Matt Lauer of Portage, Wis., works a suction dredge to hunt for gold in the Klamath River near Happy Camp, Calif., in 2009.

California, in response to a state lawsuit, has already imposed a moratorium on suction dredge mining. But the 9th Circuit noted that the state ban was temporary and failed to prohibit other kinds of ...