SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BILL CONDIT 5 CARPENTER 84 101 102 103 CHAIRMAN 4 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 COLLORD 119 120 COYNER 26 35 37 40 41 42 DEBORAH LANZONE 5 DEMPSEY 81 100 101 DROZDOFF 65 74 75 78 79 80 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 FIELDS 18 33 36 37 39 42 FRENCH 109 GIBBONS 8 17 18 25 26 28 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 46 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 59 62 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 81 83 86 87 91 99 100 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 HINKEL 117 INGLE 87 91 99 106 107 JIM GIBBONS 17 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 KENNEDY 118 LEWIS 92 104 105 107 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MASON 115 MCLANE 110 MIKE HENRY 5 MILLER 56 68 69 70 76 78 MYERS 62 70 71 72 73 74 80 PARRATT 29 38 43 PIQUET 112 PRENN 115 RHOADS 48 49 50 53 55 RISHEL 54 SHAW 116 SNOW 114 SOBERINSKY 44 53 54 55 STRUHSACKER 113 114 WILSEY 111 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. JIM GIBBONS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF RUSSELL A. FIELDS, PRESIDENT, NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF ALAN R. COYNER, ADMINISTRATOR, NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS PAGE 26 STATEMENT OF RONALD L. PARRATT, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSION ON MINERAL RESOURCES, STATE OF NEVADA PAGE 28 STATEMENT OF VICTORIA SOBERINSKY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR GOVERNOR KENNY GUINN, STATE OF NEVADA PAGE 44 STATEMENT OF DEAN A. RHOADS, CHAIRMAN, NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE, NEVADA STATE LEGISLATURE PAGE 48 STATEMENT OF GLENN C. MILLER, COCHAIR, MINING COMMITTEE, TOIYABE CHAPTER, SIERRA CLUB, RENO, NEVADA PAGE 56 STATEMENT OF TOM MYERS, DIRECTOR, GREAT BASIN MINE WATCH, RENO, NEVADA PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF LEO M. DROZDOFF, CHIEF, BUREAU OF MINING REGULATION AND RECLAMATION, NEVADA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CARSON CITY, NEVADA PAGE 65 STATEMENT OF STAN DEMPSEY, CHAIRMAN, ROYAL GOLD, INCORPORATED, DENVER, COLORADO PAGE 81 STATEMENT OF ANN CARPENTER, VICE PRESIDENT, EXPLORATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, NEVADA COLCA GOLD, INC., RENO, NEVADA PAGE 83 STATEMENT OF HUGH INGLE, PRESIDENT, NEVADA MINERS AND PROSPECTORS ASSOCIATION, YERINGTON, NEVADA PAGE 87 STATEMENT OF F. W. LEWIS, F.W. LEWIS, INCORPORATED, RENO, NEVADA PAGE 92 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS