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Salmon Protections Strike Calif.'s New '49ers

Gold prospectors banned from using 21st-century dredgers

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2009 6:44 AM CST

(Newser) – Prospectors seeking to join California's new gold rush are facing an upstream battle amid moves to protect the state's salmon stocks. Suction dredge mining, which uses gas-powered machines to scrape gold from river beds, has been banned while its environmental impact is reviewed, a process...   Read full story »

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