We’ve just received a call from a small-scale miner in Montana we’ve been helping for the past few months on issues he’s had with the USFS not approving his Plan of Operations (PoO). After several years of delays and outright deceptive tactics by the USFS, AMRA and the miner had a conference call about […]
Some things, like this expose the agenda of the USFS like no other. BEND, Ore. – The Deschutes and Willamette national forests issued a final decision notice Friday for the Central Cascades Wilderness Strategy Project, laying out plans to issue permits to limit day-use entry at trailheads and establish a permit system for overnight stays in three […]
Buy some land, have water rights, then have a government agency divert your water. An Obama appointee, Judge Elaine Kaplan (below) will decide if this is the new normal. The latest clash between federal land managers and Sagebrush Rebellion-style critics played out in tense but buttoned-up proceedings yesterday in a quiet courtroom in Washington, D.C. […]
Nature is an amazing thing. It’s beautiful and amazing to study however the human race is, unfortunately, destroying it. Luckily, there are a few good souls out there trying to protect it. One man, in particular, Hansjörg Wyss. Many people have probably never even heard his name. That’s all about to change though. Who is […]
We were going to announce to the small miners tomorrow about a meeting we had scheduled with the Executive Director of the California Water Board, Eileen Sobeck. We were going to get some answers for you on the delays of the permitting program they have already said they would perform but have delayed and […]
Congress has unsuccessfully tried to reform the Mining Law of 1872 several times over the years, including a near-miss in 1994. It’s high time to try again. The Mining Law President Ulysses Grant signed was the work of Bill Stewart, Nevada’s colorful “Silver Senator,” then barely 40 years old but already, thanks to the hard-rock […]
This article is astounding in that Ms. Schumacher, the author researches the money to fund the radical environmental group ICL, Idaho Conservation League. It is an amazing read and it will likely make your jaw drop open….then the anger sets in. From the article: While George Soros is known to heavily fund progressive agendas, there […]
This is a post we were hoping would be good news, but it is not. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear the Bohmker case. This means the 9th Circuit Court case stands. SCOTUS only hears 3% of cases presented to it and this exposes just what a travesty it is […]
I wonder what the stance of the parents is of these kids at Cal State Long Beach when they want the mascot “Prospector Pete” banned and removed. A small handful of students complained and the school rolls right over and bans the mascot. They are claiming the Gold Rush was racist and offends native Americans. […]
You all hear us talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon and know we are supporting this one with everything we have. You need to support this case. This……….is why. If the states are allowed to circumvent federal law, expect mining to be banned, all forms except digging with a spoon and tiny pan. We […]