Rock and a Hard Place
Independent gold miners fear extinction as a new wave hits the hills
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Rock and a Hard Place — Independent gold miners fear extinction as a new wave hits the hills
Salmon River (Mining) District. This district, the largest in Siskiyou County, comprises its entire southwestern corner, and includes the drainage area of the Salmon River and its tributaries. Topographically, it is a tangle of mountain ridges separated by precipitous canyons and river gorges. … The main gold-bearing rock belt of the county crosses through the…
Pomodori col Riso — What to do with those gorgeous tomatoes
The rich selection of tomatoes offered these days at the local Farmers’ Market set in motion a walk down memory lane that took me back to a summertime meal featuring pomodori col riso (rice-stuffed tomatoes), one of my mother’s signature dishes. Part of its allure can be attributed to the fact that it is a…
The Way Home — Zap Mama, Santana and can’t-miss folk at Muddy’s
Marie Daulne has come a long way since 1990, when she founded the all-woman a cappella quintet Zap Mama . And it’s not just that she’s been around the world several times. The Zap Mama sound has evolved from an amalgam of African and European vocal styles to incorporate touches of jazz, hip hop, funk,…
Does LSD Kill?
Martin Cotton, the 26-year-old man who died in police custody on Aug. 9 in Eureka, may find himself a permanent resting place in the annals of a medical journal somewhere. Ken Falconer, the doctor who performed Cotton’s autopsy, said on Monday that he and Humboldt County Coroner Frank Jager have not quite worked out the…
Big in Redway
Who knew that a back-to-the-lander gentleman hunkered down in hippy little Redway for the past 30 years would end up as a feature profile in a major business magazine headquartered at 7 World Trade Center, New York, N.Y.? For being among the top 5,000 U.S.-based entrepreneurs raking in the dough the fastest? The September 2007…
No Metal Allowed
"Ever since the first caveman picked up the first cudgel, went to the front door and smacked the first nosy saber-toothed tiger in the snout, mankind has known the atavistic power and pleasure of the bat." — Thomas Boswell, How Life Imitates the World Series Slow pitch softball players in Humboldt County may not exactly…
Dog Days
These are the days when we’re most blessed to be Humboldters. The Pacific takes us under her wing, blowing her cool breath upon our faces. We start most days under a crisp shield of morning fog, like civilized people. Meanwhile, our enemy, the sun, defenestrates the rest of the country — and, indeed, most of…
