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  • Wild Scenic Chetco: Protected from mining for 5 years!

    2013.7.29  The 2-year segregation withdrawal was in place a little more than a month, when Chetco River Mining and Exploration—the owners of 9 long mining claims following the river from Chetco Bar to Nook Bar— forfeited all of their claims, including the three inside the Kalmiopsis Wilderness.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: The Threat

    2021.12.21  In 2008, the river was threatened by proposals to mine almost 24 miles of its length. Today the river is almost mining claim free and no mining operations can occur on the few existing claims without a "

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  • Save Our Chetco River: 17 miles of Wild and

    Updated on October 20, 2011 — On August 1, 2011, the Bureau of Land Management published a notice in the Federal Register that segregates

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Chetco River mineral withdrawal Saving a river ...

    2021.12.21  The effect on the river's outstanding water quality and world class salmon and steelhead fishery would have been devastating. However, by closing the area to new mining claims and requiring existing claims to be valid, it was saved. In a letter to existing claim holders, the Gold Beach District Ranger explained:

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  • Chetco River - Western Rivers Conservancy

    Mining claims totaling 2,115 acres extended along nine miles of the Chetco's headwaters. Sixteen miles of road had been carved into the Wilderness Area to access the claims. The proposed mining would have disturbed

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  • Save Our Chetco River: River Mining

    2024.2.21  Miners often claim their instream mining is good for fish and that there's no definitive studies showing impacts to salmon from suction dredge mining. Yes well, there were no definitive studies showing

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  • Mining protections lapse on one of Oregon’s wildest rivers

    2018.8.15  In the past, a mining operation had staked claims along 24 miles of its length. In the short term, “the solution is to plug the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act loophole for mining on the...

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  • Conflict swirls around gold mining – Oregon Business

    2010.9.28  Chetco River Mining has built a group of cabins on the Little Chetco River to attract prospector-tourists and proposes to commercially mine one of its claims in the Kalmiopsis wilderness area. Rutan’s plans have environmentalists up in arms.

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  • Chetco Wild and Scenic River - Earthworks

    2012.12.17  Mining Threatens World Class Salmon and Steelhead Stream The legendary Chetco River, which supports a world-class salmon and steelhead stream, is at risk from a Seattle developer who is planning a resort for hobby miners along more than half of the 44.5-mile National Wild and Scenic segment of the river, including six miles within

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  • Save Our Chetco River: 17 miles of Wild and

    Updated on October 20, 2011 — On August 1, 2011, the Bureau of Land Management published a notice in the Federal Register that segregates (a temporary withdrawal) approximately 17 miles of the National Wild and

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Chetco River

    2024.2.21  The best of America's great outdoors To get a sense of how beautiful this wild river is, watch Oregon Field Guide’s 11 minute video of a 20 mile kayak trip down the Chetco through the Kalmiopsis, one of

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  • Mining protections lapse on one of Oregon’s wildest rivers

    2018.8.15  The Chetco’s 44.5 protected miles include a mix of the three categories. In the past, a mining operation had staked claims along 24 miles of its length. In the short term, “the solution is to ...

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Good news for the Chetco!

    2021.12.21  There are now three bills in Congress that may provide a chance to make permanent the temporary ban on new mining claims that now protects the river. The Southwest Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act was recently introduced by Representatives Peter DeFazio and Jared Huffman (who represents Del Norte in CA)

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Clean Water Act puts Kalmiopsis mining

    2024.2.21  The exceptional clarity of the Chetco's water in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness may make it impossible to mine in the Wilderness and comply with the Clean Water Act. It has implications for the validity of the three remaining mining claims in the Kalmiopsis, possibly making them worthless.

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  • Mining the Wild and Scenic Illinois River - KalmiopsisWild

    2012.5.31  The Illinois River example is one more reason for Congress to act quickly in order to prevent large-scale instream mining on 15 or more miles of the beloved Wild and Scenic Chetco River. Popular Nook Bar on the Wild and Scenic Chetco River where instream mining with suction dredges weighing up to one ton could take precedent over

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  • Save Our Chetco River: 2015

    2015.7.6  On August 1, 2011, a notice published in the Federal Register segregated 17 miles (5,610 acres) of the Wild and Scenic Chetco River from the 1872 Mining Law. Less than four years later, the temporary Secretarial mineral withdrawal has saved a river, as well as saving the American taxpayer money. However, the job of protecting the cherished

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Claim forfeiture: Saving a river, saving ...

    2024.2.21  This idyllic reach of the upper Chetco River below Mislatnah Creek will be permanently protected from mining if Congress passes the Chetco River Protection Act before July 2013. Ann Vileisis photo. The recent forfeiture of nearly 20 miles of mining claims on the Wild and Scenic Chetco River means the effort to permanently protect this world ...

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  • Solved Under the United States Mining Law of 1872, mining

    The Chetco River near the small town of Brookings, Oregon, empties in the Pacific Ocean. In 2008, a private citizen purchased mining claims to a property near the river. Under the Mining Law of 1872, any land for which a claim exists may be bought, sold, leased, and treated like any other property.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: "Float" the beautiful

    2012.4.4  There's a temporary reprieve from the proposed gold mining but more to do to make it permanent and to protect the Wild and Scenic Chetco. Read about how. We thought it would be a good time to revisit

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  • A Mining Law Whose Time Has Passed - The New York Times

    2012.1.12  A Mining Law Whose Time Has Passed. By ROBERT M. HUGHES and CAROL ANN WOODY. Jan. 11, 2012. Share full article. IN 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a mining law to spur the development of ...

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  • 'GOLD #4' Placer Claim in Curry, Ore. Chetco River Mining

    GOLD #4 is a closed mining claim in Curry, Oregon. Ownership and use of this claim is overseen by the Bureau of Land Management's Coos Bay District Office under the serial number ORMC66641. The last action for this claim occurred on March 18, 2014. Information on the claim was last updated on April 1, 2014.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Wilderness

    2012.3.18  CRME's mining plan for Gold #11 is furthest along in the process. The Forest Service estimates that the cost of preparing the environmental impact statement for the mining of Gold #11 at $431,000. While these mining claims were located under the 1872 Mining Law, CRME's mining plan for Gold #11 includes the use of gasoline power suction

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  • Save Our Chetco River: July 2015

    2021.12.21  The bill would also permanently withdraw the portion of the Chetco’s Wild and Scenic river corridor that flows through National Forest lands from new mining claims. The Oregon Wildlands Act was also recently introduced by Senators Wyden and Merkley and includes a number of high priority conservation initiatives that enjoy broad support

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  • Chetco River — Parrish Guide Service

    Chetco River. The Chetco River in southern Oregon is a very popular, undammed river that flows 55 miles starting in the Siskiyou National Forest and emptying into the Pacific at Brookings, just north of the California border. This is generally a full day of fishing, starting at Ice Box, about eight miles above the coast, and floating down to ...

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  • Snow Creek – American Mining Claims LLC

    You can camp on the claim and there are some good spots nearby too. The name of the claim is West Jura. The coordinates for the claim boundaries on the creek are: Upstream (West): 39.586776-120.903908, Downstream (East): 39.585917 -120.899359. History. The mining history of the Downieville area is some of the most fascinating in the West.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: News

    2021.12.21  Developer forfeits Chetco River gold mining claims. March 6, 2012. By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press ... Oregon’s Chetco River is one example. The river’s gin-clear waters teem with wild trout and salmon, including giant Chinook salmon tipping scales at more than 60 pounds. In 1988, Congress designated the Chetco a national wild and

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  • Chetco River Native Fish Society

    The Chetco River is a 56-mile long river located in southwest Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet to sea level at the Pacific Ocean near the city of Brookings, Oregon. Except for the lowermost 5 miles, the river is ...

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Eight plans submitted to mine the Chetco River

    2021.12.21  On June 2, 2010, Chetco River Mining and Exploration's (CRME) owner called in to KBOO Radio. He said: "[We] assure Oregonians that after mining this area we intend to follow up with an aggressive thorough clean up of the area and bring this entire 15-20 mile stretch ecosystem back to its original state, after we strip mine it of its gold.”

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  • Curry County, Oregon Mines – Western Mining History

    2024.5.9  The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property. All 553 mines in Curry County, Oregon. Adams Prospect. Adolphson Nodine. Adolphson and Nodine. Agness Group. Agness Group. Alexander Bros.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: The Threat

    2021.12.21  The mining threat update March 27, 2015 The temporary withdrawal that was signed on July 26, 2013 has is proving to be a success at protecting the the Wild and Scenic Chetco River. In 2008,

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  • 'GOLD #7' Placer Claim in Curry, Ore. Chetco River Mining

    GOLD #7 is a closed mining claim in Curry, Oregon. Ownership and use of this claim is overseen by the Bureau of Land Management's Coos Bay District Office under the serial number ORMC66644. The last action for this claim occurred on March 18, 2014. Information on the claim was last updated on April 1, 2014.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Protecting the Chetco

    2024.2.21  The 1872 Mining Law - Under the 1872 Mining Law (Mining Law), all valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States are open to exploration, occupation and purchase under regulations prescribed by law. Hard to believe in this day and age. But the Mining Law even applies to National Wild and Scenic Rivers like the

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  • Chetco River Oregon Wild Scenic

    2019.10.16  Designated Stretch: Headwaters to Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Boundary. Designation Length: 44.5 miles (27.5 miles Wild, 8 miles Scenic, and 11 miles Recreational) Outstanding Remarkable Values: Water quality, fisheries, and recreation. Wild and Scenic River Designation: October 28, 1988. More Photos: Chetco River Flickr Album.

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Chetco River in the news

    2024.2.21  the proposal to mine 24 miles of the National Wild and Scenic Chetco River, the escalation of suction dredge mining in Oregon, and ; the $11.3 million cost to the taxpayer for the cleanup of the Blue Ledge Mining on the Rogue River National Forest. Read the full editorial.

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  • Developer lays claim to more than gold in Oregon wilderness

    2010.3.14  In May 2008, Rutan proposed that his company, Chetco River Mining, engage in a far larger operation than Higgins had undertaken. In a revised proposal submitted to the Forest Service last month ...

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  • Save Our Chetco River: Maps

    2024.2.8  Map #1 - Prepared by the USDA Forest Service at the Request of Senator Wyden showing the boundaries of the existing National Wild and Scenic River corridor as it was designated in 1988. Map #2 - Chetco River Mining and Explorations map of their existing mining claims from the Plan of Operations for Gold #11.

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  • Chetco River Natural Atlas

    The Chetco River is a 56-mile-long (90 km) stream located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles (912 km2) of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet (975 m) to sea level at the Pacific Ocean.

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  • Mining Claims for Sale: Patented Unpatented Placer,

    Patented Mining Claims: A patented mining claim is one for which the Federal Government has passed its title to the claimant, granting them exclusive ownership. This means you own both the land and the minerals it contains. Unpatented Mining Claims: An unpatented mining claim is a claim on public lands which the miner has the right to develop ...

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