SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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'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 Court ...

BOISE, Idaho — A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits required by the Clean Water Act must pay ...

FRESNO, Calif. – A legal battle is brewing over whether California gold miners should be allowed to vacuum up the bottoms of rivers. The controversy is about a process called suction dredge mining, a ...

FILE- This July 23, 2010 file photo shows Bob O'Day of Snowflake, Ariz., with flakes of gold he mined in a full day's work with a suction dredge from the Rogue River near Gold Hill, Ore. The influx of ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore.GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Small-time miners running suction dredges to glean flecks of gold from salmon streams face tighter regulations announced Tuesday by Oregon environmental ...

The California Supreme Court says a 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 FILE - In ...