We hope you enjoy our newest video release, “A new prospect”. Shot in the south mother lode of CA with our good friend and President of UPI, Don Siegel. For the video click
DFG tells AMRA member it can’t run a sluice box on its claim: Yesterday we were contacted by one of our members who went to prospect our two claims out of Quincy CA. He was cleaning out a crack in the bedrock near the creek when a DFG (Dept. of Fish and Game) officer approached […]
The miners fight back against road closures By: Mr. Shannon Poe President American Mining Rights Association (AMRA) For those who love being a small miner, getting out on your claim and mining is something we anxiously plan for months in advance and dream of finding that glorious paystreak we have all been looking for. Having […]
HIGHBANKING AND POWERSLUICING IN CALIFORNIA, IS IT LEGAL? By: Shannon Poe President, AMRA American Mining Rights Association https://americanminingrights.com/ https://www.facebook.com/americanminingrights When I first started mining back in the late 70’s as a child with my best friend and his father up in […]
We’ve had a lot of questions about whether or not one can run a high banker (with water pump) in the state of California. We are working extensively behind the scenes to format a challenge to what we believe is utterly unconstitutional with the water board requiring a $1100 permit to operate a water […]
Why High Banking? There is gold all over the United States, the only problem is getting it. The technology of mining has improved over the years. Traditional panning was replaced with sluicing, and now sluicing has been greatly improved with high bankers. High bankers are an improvement over normal sluice boxes with their ability to […]