Beach Mining Rules Available

As reported here, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission approved small-scale prospecting and placer mining in the Seashore Conservation Area on Washington's ocean beaches at their meeting in Wenatchee on August 11.

Washington State Miner has just received from Parks and Recreation a copy of the rules as passed by the Commission at that meeting.  The text of the rules may be accessed as a .pdf file at the link here.

According to the source at Parks and Recreation, they do not yet have an exact date when the rules will go into effect but state it should be in mid- to late-September.

More information as it becomes available.

Beach Mining Approved by Parks and Recreation Commission

On August 11 in Wenatchee the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission voted to approve small-scale prospecting and placer mining on ocean beaches in the Seashore Conservation Area.

The rules, which are yet to be posted on the Chapter 352-37 WAC site, are reported to go into effect about the middle of September.  When published, the new mining rules will be designated WAC 352-37-340 and may be located at the link above.

Washington State Miner will continue to monitor the WAC site and report when the rules are posted.