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Gold Mining Retreat in Kalmiopsis Wilderness

This article was in the Oregonian and is reprinted here for gold miners to find as mining for archival articles in online newspapers is awfully difficult.  Please look respect the advertisers and look at the original article and of course the comments which aren’t reproduced here.

Developer lays claim to more than gold in Oregon wilderness

By Les Zaitz, The Oregonian, March 13, 2010, 8:00PM

campemily4.JPGCourtesy of Dave Rutan

Camp Emily sits next to the Little Chetco River in southern Oregon’s Kalmiopsis Wilderness. CAVE JUNCTION — Three years ago, Dave Rutan opened a gold mining retreat inside the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southern Oregon, bringing in helicopters, gas-powered dredges and paying customers.

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There is a Gold Rush going on in Peru!

I was reading this article Peru’s new gold rush damages environment on the Seattle Times site a reprint from the Washington Post, also carried on the BBC News.  Look at the picture of the plate used for panning and you can see exactly where a TheGoldCone would be useful, much more useful than traditional methods.

The article reviews that the price of gold has increased 50 percent in the past two years and tripled in the past five, as global investors look to hedge against a falling dollar. Gold hit historic highs this month. That surge has spurred a new Amazon gold rush, with illegal miners pouring into the region and setting up camp along riverbanks, highways and footpaths reaching deep into the rain forest of the Peruvian Amazon.

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Marketing Guy Named for The GoldCone

The GoldCone has hired a new Marketing Guy Peter Walker.  Peter brings with him Internet Development experience and a keen awareness that the benefits of a The GoldCone to gold panning include its sustainability and reuse in alternative situations.  We are excited to see what new things happen now that we have actual shoulders to “put [...]