Year: 2014

Small-Scale Gold Suction Dredging by Joe Greene (retired EPA)

Small-Scale Gold Suction Dredging A suction dredge is a vacuum cleaner that sucks gravel, sand and sediment (less than 4-inches in diameter) from the river bottom. This material is passed over a sluice box which captures all the heavy materials while allowing the lighter material to pass through and return to the river a few […]

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AMRA dredging Idaho in opposition to the EPA

AMRA President, Shannon Poe was interviewed on the river by the Idaho Free Press:   AMRA dredges in opposition to the EPA Click HERE

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NEW AMRA CLAIMS

We are very pleased to announce we have been in negotiations with Sierra Prospectors Association who announced recently they are shutting their club down.  AMRA has acquired 7 of these proven claims right in our backyard.   We have added 5 claims in Bull Creek and 2 in Moore Creek just a few miles from […]

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Two new AMRA videos

We have put up two new AMRA videos located on the videos tab above……….let us know what you think.

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The miners fight back against road closures

The miners fight back against road closures By: Mr. Shannon Poe President American Mining Rights Association (AMRA) For those who love being a small miner, getting out on your claim and mining is something we anxiously plan for months in advance and dream of finding that glorious paystreak we have all been looking for. Having […]

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Idaho suction dredge protest

Miners dredge Idaho in oppostion to the EPA over-regulation

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Update from AMRA

We have added two new features for supporting AMRA.  A lifetime membership and a supporter membership.  Both are located under the “join us” tab at the top of our website. When we created these features, they appear to have affected current members passwords and some do not work now.  If you are a member and […]

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NEW AMRA CLAIMS

Members,   We have finally received the paperwork back from BLM and have posted the AZ Sasquatch claim and our newest claim near Fresno CA, Sasquatch 3.   We will be posting our Idaho claim and Indiana claim shortly.   We are also working on several claims just south of Sacramento CA, western CO and […]

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Meeting with DFG today:

Todays meeting: We will post the hearing in its entirety on our Youtube account tomorrow. The meeting was not about the new proposed regulations, but just the definition of what a dredge is because several years ago, we found a way around …the moratorium. Dave McCracken published the gravity dredge idea and the liberals in […]

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Suction dredge meeting in Sacramento CA, June 11th

Suction Dredging in California meeting: We wanted to remind everyone of the meeting this next week in Sacramento, June 11th at 3pm. This is over the ridiculous new regulations they are proposing on suction dredging in California. AMRA will be there and we plan to speak about these new regulations. We urge you, strongly urge […]

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