Year: 2016

33% of public use roads in Montana are being closed.

For those who hear us speak at public venue’s, we frequently talk about all the calls we get from Montana. Without doubt, we get more calls about road closures up in Montana than any other state. Here is why, they are closing 1/3 of the roads in Montana. 1/3, yes you read that correctly and […]

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USGS lab caught manipulating data

We read a lot of articles about government corruption and the lengths these ideologue’s will go to to further their environmental agenda, but this one takes the cake. The inorganic section of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Energy Geochemistry Laboratory in Lakewood, Colo. manipulated data on a variety of topics – including many related to […]

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AMRA and WMA join hands against CEQA

For the article on GPAA’s website click here

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KCRA 3 airs investigative report on mining Taser incident

The long awaited news report was finally aired on KCRA 3 out of Sacramento on the incident where a USFS Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) pulled, and pointed a Taser at an AMRA member while he was panning for gold.   http://www.kcra.com/news/why-9-ca-sheriffs-are-at-odds-with-federal-agents/41724438 KCRA REPORT

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Dredging lies exposed

Most of you know we are pretty close with WMA, Western Mining Alliance and plan some legal actions very soon. This article, written by WMA is perhaps the best explanation of the dredge ban-scheme concocted in California. We urge you to read this, and also to subscribe to their newsletter. The article here is from […]

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WMA/AMRA Outing and Miners Swap Meet Sept 24th and 25th!

We are just a little over 1 week away from the Miner’s Swap Meet on the Yuba River!!! If you have old equipment, or equipment you want to trade or sell, this event is the one. This will be a full weekend of mining (we have claims for everyone to mine on for free), lectures […]

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Colorado gold mine is a super-fund site

While we are not surprised at this listing at all, they state in the article that the mining districts themselves (and those who are members of it) could be liable for environmental issues.   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/07/colorado-gold-mine-is-one-of-the-epas-new-superfund-pollution-sites/?utm_term=.fd38ed62191f

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The Miners Meetings return. Uniting the small miners

Uniting the Small Miners, we all come together Announcing the Miners Meetings in Brea Ca October 15th and Stockton CA October 23rd Hosted by Delta Gold Diggers, The GPAA, The WMA and AMRA Have you ever wondered what is it going to take to stop this insanity of politicians and environmental groups from taking away […]

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A new AMRA video on lode mining

Have you wanted to know how we “lode mine”? (Tunneling into hard rock) We’ve produced a two part series which explains the geology of where to look and how. We take you into our mine, explain why and where we take material, then crush it. Hope you enjoy this educational video…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6t-jYykrQQ

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Miner’s Swap Meet on the Yuba September 24th and 25th!

We are just 3 weeks away from the Miners Swap Meet and outing up on the NF Yuba! We’ve decided, instead of having a drawing for 1 mining claim, we are giving away 3 claims! Have old equipment you want to sell or trade? Bring it. Want to learn how to gold prospect and mine? […]

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