We gave an extensive interview for this article and they eliminated all of the statement where we talked about the over $6,000,000 Sierra Fund has received of the tax payer money to dredge while real miners are arrested and their equipment is confiscated. Fact: modern suction dredges remove 98% of the mercury from the rivers […]
As most of you know by now, AMRA represents miners (when we have the funds) who are wrongfully cited by government agencies, are harassed by the same agencies and are being told they need permits to do one thing or another. In 2014, two men were cited in CA for dredging without a permit. […]
Yet another attempt by activists running our government to eliminate small mining: Do you know how big 3.8 million acres is? It is nearly the size of Massachusetts. It is 3 times the size of Delaware. This is the size of the area that is being proposed right now to be eliminated from mineral entry […]
Well over two years ago, we were contacted by the man in this article, Phil Nappo, a miner over in Montana. Phil’s story is one we hear frequently, the USFS is completely operating as a rogue agency, closing roads, suing miners and ignoring laws. Harassing, intimidating, accusing and threatening. Phil could desperately use all of […]