9 months ago AMRA was contacted by 2 miners who were on their claim in Northern California. One man was running a sluice upstream and one man was running a high banker downstream. A DFW (Fish and Wildlife) Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) approached them, took the foot valve from their water pump and threatened to […]
Big mining companies influence politics? You bet. Do they care if they crush a small miner? Hell no. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article139972108.html For the complete article, click HERE
A new bill has been introduced in California which would make it a crime for any non-profit to hold a raffle where the prize is a rifle. AMRA and many, many other non-profits have held raffles where guns were a prize and it has raised quite a bit of money for the fight for public […]
Most of you know by now that several of the AMRA staff have ponied up some personal funds and we (there are 12 of us) taking a trip to Alaska to dredge in a little over 2 months! We are going to be filming every single day and will have some amazing clean outs […]
Treasure Hunters Claim Pennsylvania State Officials Blocking Dig for Lost Civil War Gold Treasure hunters on the trail of a lost Civil War gold shipment claim they have discovered the fortune in a remote location of Pennsylvania, but state and federal authorities have blocked them from digging it up, reports say. The treasure hunters, calling […]
Last fall we took a reporter from KQED in the Bay area of California out to hunt for some gold. Here is his article: Right after we meet, Shannon Poe asks me if I’m a) allergic to poison oak and b) freaked out by ghosts. Because where we’re going, he says, there’s a lot of […]
Two weeks dredging in Alaska……… 12 of us have pulled the trigger and have booked a two week dredge trip at Gold Fever Prospecting in Alaska. We will be going on the 8th of June and be there for two weeks. They offer all inclusive trips, food, lodging and they supply the dredges, […]
For a quick video explanation of Senate bill 1222, click below, then keep reading Senate Bill 1222 (SB1222), a California Bill on Small Scale Mining BACKGROUND: In 2015 SB637 was introduced, passed, and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The law took effect January 1, 2016 and was labeled the “suction dredge” bill and […]
These days, Interior spends over $200 million a year buying land. That raises the perennial question: how much is enough? The government already owns 635 million acres, almost a third of the United States. That includes 250 million acres of BLM, 193 million acres of national forests, 84 million acres of national parks, and 150 […]