A few weeks ago we brought you a story of 8 miners, one a claim owner allowing his buddies to mine with him and of a DFW (CA Fish and Wildlife) officer confiscating their foot valve on their highbanker alleging they were violating the 5653(g) section of the DFW regulations. The miner was told he […]
Several months ago we took a reporter and his camera crew out on our claims to discuss flood gold and how the landscape changed this past year. This is that article: Before Shannon Poe started prospecting, he did his homework. Poe, 55, quit his job in 2009 as the director of loss prevention for a […]
Okay, we got a little distracted by the recent fire up at headquarters over the past two weeks. MANY THANKS to the outstanding personnel who responded to this fire and to those who are still deployed out there so that we may sleep soundly tonight- from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU! Let’s try […]
Due to the Detwiler fire being in our backyard, we will only be posting on Facebook while we are still up here, and on generator power. Keep abreast of the fire as we are posting every few hours on our Facebook page located here: https://www.facebook.com/americanminingrights/ https://www.facebook.com/americanminingrights/
Midnight update in Greeley Hill CA, July 19th. First of all, after reading the other post on our Facebook page, panic is a strong term and we are fine. Thanks to Don Siegel, Joe Harrison, Joe Lema, Cathy Lema, and Bobby Alquist, we saved about $20,000 worth of equipment tonight. We pulled all this […]
“Endangered Species” A Red Herring Tom Ellison of the Regional US Forest Service office once told senior Payette National Forest Management officials in no uncertain terms: “The law does not agree with our agenda” but it “doesn’t matter” if we can “find bloated salmon carcasses in the tread of the county road grader”. To read […]
About 6 months ago we posited that it would take about 6 months for the new administration to start changing the culture within some of the regulatory and management agencies like USFS, BLM and EPA. Well, changes are coming, happening and welcome news. http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/07/17/authoritarian-overreach-one-reason-for-land-management-agencies-shakeup/ Or click
We are so very sorry to announce today that Jerry Keene has passed away. Here is a letter from the Keene family. Please join us in sending our condolences to Pat and family, he will be sorely missed. Dear Friends, Family and Valued Customers. It is with deep regret and sorrow, that we inform you […]
Dredging 101 We are frequently asked about dredging and have trained a lot of people how to dredge over the years. Dredgers have their own language (not universal), and when underwater they cannot verbally communicate so we have sign language. This is “our” language and it varies from miner to miner. Here is our language: […]
We have just learned today that a miner, on his mining claim was well, cited kinda……. by a DFG LEO (Dept of Fish and Game, Law Enforcement Officer) for running a small water pump to feed his perfectly legal highbanker. A highbanker is a small box which one shovels dirt into, introduces a little water […]