Year: 2015

URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL MINERS

URGENT CALL TO ACTION, PLEASE SHARE THIS POST: Here we go again folks, the Idaho USFS has decided they do not need to adhere to Supreme Court decisions, are now Congress and that you need to bow down to them. They quite obviously do not believe they work for us, but we bow to them. […]

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AMRA UPDATE:

AMRA update: We have many things we are working on right now, and one of those is going to make you stand up and cheer. While we cannot disclose what it is yet, we know you will be very, very pleased at what we have accomplished. This should be released within the next 7 days, […]

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Suction Dredgers ignored by Congress

AMRA President Shannon Poe testified on behalf of suction dredgers April 14th.  There were also approximately 40 miners in the room who were there in opposition to the bill. According to the newly released documents outlining the progress of the bill………..nobody spoke in opposition and nobody appeared in opposition. It is past time we have […]

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Urgent call to action California

IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION IN CALIFORNIA ON SB637: We just learned minutes ago that the public only has until tomorrow to have a letter in opposition to SB637 in the hands of the next committee, the Environmental Quality Committee. Here is a sample letter from WMA and while we love their letter, you should not […]

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Update on Senate Committee meeting today

Update on the Senate Committee testimony today: As expected, the sponsor of the bill, Senator Allen (D) was allowed to present testimony on mercury, but when it came time for the small miners, we were told it would have to be presented at another Committee hearing. Basically, we were not allowed to present all of […]

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Giant nugget found on AMRA claim

Want to see one heck of a nugget? Take a look at this beauty AMRA member Mark West found on the AMRA claim, “The Contender” out of San Luis Obispo CA. 9.7 grams. Congratulations Mark…………there is big gold down there………and here’s the proof!

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New AMRA claim in Idaho!

We just picked up AMRA’s newest claim “Forgotten Patriot” which is on the SF Clearwater and borders our Sasquatch 2 claim.  This is a great dredge claim and we know it will produce some excellent gold.   We will load this onto the system when we return from Boise.

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AMRA’s response to the USFS

Rita Wears Patrol Commander USFS R5, Angeles NF 444 East Bonita Ave. San Dimas CA 91773 Dear Ms. Wears, April 9, 2015 Two weeks ago we offered four (4) witnesses to you by phone to provide testimony on interactions they had with your LEO’s in SNF. Throughout our conversations, you were provided information concerning no […]

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Update on USFS Taser issue and illegal searches

USFS response to AMRA after we provided 4 witnesses testimony. This is the email from Commander Wears of the USFS and our short response back to her. We know this is going to anger you, like it does us, but please know we have a very detailed plan of action from here and we will […]

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Important call to action

Important call to action for all CA small miners: SB 637 (full text below) is a bill which is presented and sponsored by Democrat Senator Ben Allen out of Santa Monica/Malibu. This misguided bill, if passed would require the water board to issue permits and regulations on suction dredging. Next Tuesday, April 14th, this bill […]

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