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July 27, 2010

Mini gold rush is on in Southern Oregon

By JEFF BARNARD
AP Environmental Writer

GOLD HILL, Ore. — After California shut down gold mining with suction dredges, Dave McCracken loaded his gear and drove over the Siskiyou Mountains to Southern Oregon, where he is building up his retirement fund with flecks of gold gleaned from the gravels of the Rogue River.

He is part of a mini gold rush going on this summer that appears to be the result of the high price of gold, the poor economy, and California's year-old moratorium on using gasoline-powered dredges to mine for gold while it figures out whether it is bad for salmon.


 
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