Year: 2022

Fascinating historical book on the mining acts

Many of you know Gold Seeker by JN Perlot is my favorite book of all time. A Belgian immigrant in 1851 who chronicled his life in the south Motherlode of CA. Well, a good buddy of ours (Kevin Allard of Backcounty Outfitters in AZ) sent us this one and it’s become one of our top […]

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Outing tomorrow!

Well we are all packed for the outing and heading up there in a few hours. Sure have a lot to give away Saturday: A week stay at the world famous Roaring Camp. Henry rifle(s) Proline Mining equipment Screamer Mine gold and much, much more…. Free to the public, plenty of camping, great weather and […]

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Newsom passes unconstitutional gun law

Using this logic of Governor Newsom enabling people to sue the manufacturers of guns if they’ve been harmed, does that mean we can all sue Biden for harming our wallets? Ames tools for stepping on a rake in your yard? Nike for tripping over your own feet?     This is unconstitutional. Read the full […]

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Biden administration hurts American miners, helps Chinese miners

We have some close friends who are currently trying to get their rare earth mines going, but they run into many, many problems from the current administration. But China…ya, go ahead and mine away. From the article: Stauber said, “[T]his administration just will not allow the Minnesota miner to mine these critical minerals here in […]

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Outing next weekend (July 16th) on MF Yuba!

Our outing on the Middle Fork of the Yuba is next weekend!   We’ll have tons of prizes to give away including a week’s stay at the world famous Roaring Camp, mining equipment, Screamer Gold, Henry rifle(s) and a few other surprises.   All the information on the event, the dinner which you need to […]

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Electra fire threatens AMRA board member and Roaring Camp

We are watching this fire extremely close as one of AMRA’s board members home is only a few miles away currently from the front line of this fire. Also, our close friends at Roaring Camp have now just evacuated their camp as seen here on Ricky’s post below. The fire went from 10 acres to […]

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About the West Virginia v EPA case and does it affect mining?

We’ve had a few of you reach out to discuss the recent ruling by SCOTUS on the West Virginia V EPA case where the court ruled the EPA over-stepped their authority to regulate the Clean Air Act.   Does this help mining? Our take is yes, it is likely. Over the years (many, many years) […]

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EPA case could help mining

We have been speaking about the EPA and their rampant desire to control everything from air to water for over a decade now. This case, about how the EPA is being challenged for making law and over-stepping their authority will have far reaching impacts on the Clean Water Act as well. We elect representatives to […]

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Trash site, dumped truck cleaned up by USFS near AMRA claims

We had planned on going out and cleaning up this dumped little truck near some of the AMRA claims in the Stanislaus NF near Coulterville. We were very pleasantly surprised to see District Ranger Junette took care of this mess before we could get out there. There is not one spec of garbage on the […]

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Italian Bar update:

Italian Bar update, Stanislaus NF, Stanislaus County CA:   As you know, we brought forth a significant problem on Italian Bar Road to the attention of the Stanislaus NF. The area of interest is a federally withdrawn and designated “Recreation Area” passed in the 1940’s and 50’s. You cannot file a mining claim on withdrawn […]

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