...aggressive."Lyford, though, said the Alaska Miners Association is made up of individuals such as small Alaska placer miners."She's thrown them under the bus too, with this assertion about big outside operators," he said. And he pointed...

...800-foot-tall hilltop in the area was given a hopeful name: Money Knob.But despite the persistence of countless placer miners, Money Knob never delivered the mother lode. Their instinct for gold was right, it turns out, but not necessarily...

...lack of water for power. The placer miners in the area needed the same water...and fashioned a compromise. The placer miners had use of the water for 12 hours...It was also agreed that the placer miners would only sluice the surface...

...number of miners who had left the Cassiar and were looking for new prospects.Most of the miners from the Cassiar were placer miners and were not useful as lode miners. Two Cassiar miners, Joe Juneau and Harris, had lode mining experience and were...

...Those who could benefit from the proposed change include seafood processors, municipal wastewater treatment plants and placer miners. The Juneau hearing will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the Legislative Information Office at the Terry Miller Legislative...

...lobbied for stricter regulations, she said. But since then, some problems have developed with sewage plants and placer miners who are facing expensive treatment of pollution that won't actually harm spawning, she said. Terrel responded...

...diluted. They're used around the state but have not been allowed in spawning and rearing zones since 1997. Some placer miners and sewage plants have since run up against potentially costly treatment upgrades for pollution that is said to be...

...Exploration spending is expected to total $20 million or so, down from $35 million last year, Szumigala estimated. Placer miners in the state produced 45,000 ounces of gold last year, he said. "If we hit 40,000 this year, we will be lucky...

...battle that the Navy had to be summoned from Sitka. Placer miners and hard rock miners claimed ownership, and the Navy settled it with a Solomon-like decision: the placer miners could use the streams in the area during the day; hard-rock...

...zone could be allowed when spawning salmon, eggs, or larvae are not present, state officials said. For example, a placer miner could "operate for a very small window of time" in some salmon spawning streams in Alaska, said Lynn Kent, director...