I have a recreational mining claim on a tributary that eventually feeds into the North Fork of the Clearwater River. The idiot that posted those signs should be prosecuted, but don’t label all ...

The number of recreational gold miners is fuzzy. Though this is certainly a niche hobby, there are clubs that buy and rent mining claims. There are also specialty stores that stock the gold pans ...

industrial mining operations. However, Oregon's gold rush is not from giant cyanide leach operations, but rather from the explosion of "recreational" miners and suction-dredge operations that are ...

The move will protect water quality, wildlife and fisheries from destructive forms of recreational mining. Suction dredging is an environmentally harmful mining practice has been banned in California ...

Add mining for gold to the list of activities ... there take on it was it had less impact to the beach than a recreational razor clam dig,” said Lantz. “There are a lot fewer people involved ...