WMA and AMRA are hosting the premier outdoor swap meet and outing of the year in California. September 24th and 25th at the Indian Valley Outpost on the North Fork Yuba River. Camping is available (see flyer). Please share this and lets all come together. Have equipment you’d like to swap or sell? I know […]
What has happened to the United States Forest Service? By: Mr. Shannon Poe President, AMRA, American Mining Rights Association I remember growing up watching TV and the commercials showing a happy Smokey the Bear reminding me that only I cannot prevent forest fires. He was there to help remind us it is our lands and […]
There are times when we shake our head in disbelief and ask ourselves what the hell is this? This is one of those times. Who authorized this new agency, who is paying for them, who has oversight, what is their role going to be and who do they answer to? Every single […]
For several years, while dredging in the South Motherlode and running our concentrates through a spiral wheel, we found that we didn’t set it up properly, and therefore we were dumping much of our gold onto my wife’s rose bushes. Well, a few weeks ago, we decided to dig up those roses………check out what we […]
Well, we just got done listening to the entire case for Brandon Rinehart at the CA Supreme Court. Our take: Mr. Melnick, the State’s attorney initially sounded nervous and unprepared. He argued Brandon could still mine using other methods, but argued that suction dredging is harmful, even though no evidence was presented. The Justices questioned […]
This is an important week. Brandon Rinehart’s case goes before the CA Supreme Court: People v. Rinehart at 2:00 p.m. on June 1, 2016, in the Ronald Reagan State Office Building, 300 South Spring Street, Third Floor, North Tower, Los Angeles, California. We encourage everyone to attend. There is a conference call for the Idaho […]
Many of us have received this letter from the USFS based out of Montana for the issue’s we face in Idaho. As many of you are aware, the USFS and Idaho Dept. of Water Resources (IDWR) is restricting the number of dredges on the SF Clearwater to just 15 this year and requiring the miners […]
AMRA has just sent this letter to Mr. Trump, Ms. Clinton and Mr. Sanders about where they each stand on our public land issues. As many of you know, we similar sent letters to all of the candidates several months ago and did not have one candidate respond. These are being sent certified and we’ll […]
Update on the illegal ban on suction dredging in Idaho: As most of you know, we have been fighting in Northern Idaho for 3 years now with the EPA and USFS over suction dredging on validly held Federally filed mining claims. Many of you sent in letters of opposition in January when the […]
Here is yet another land grab, this time by the Parks Service. We’ll put a quote from the proposal in here everyone can read and understand clearly: “The NPS has requested the withdrawal of public lands within the study area (approximately 22,515 acres managed by the BLM) for 20 years from settlement, sale, location, and […]