Tom Kitchar (Waldo Mining District President) in Oregon is leading the charge on a petition to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. The petition is something AMRA signed onto immediately and we cannot stress enough how important it is to send a simple little […]
Here is our letter going out to each of the 11 counties our protest walk will be traveling through. We will be following up with calls challenging each sheriff and elected county official to walk a mile in our shoes with us. Greetings Plumas, Sierra, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa […]
From our good friend Justin Karr in Washington: The average length of time it took BLM and the Forest Service to complete the first three steps of the mine plan review process and approve 68 mine plans from fiscal years 2010 through 2014 was approximately 2 years. However, the time varied widely, ranging from about […]
How cool would it be if all of us joined hands against the destruction of our access to public lands, the destruction of our rural communities and ridiculous laws passed to make you pay dearly for insane policies? California is rapidly becoming intolerable. Miners, ranchers, farmers, hikers, hunters, fishermen and other public land users. People […]
Suction Dredging In California, Permits And Politics It has now been nearly 3 ½ years since the passage of Senate Bill 637 (SB637) which labeled anything mechanized or motorized as “a suction dredge” and therefore requires a permit from the California Water Board (CAWB) to operate it in the state. The CAWB was mandated […]
This past weekend we took two winners of a 3 day mining trip with AMRA for an amazing mining experience. Day one……metal detecting Day two……placer mining Day three…lode mining Along with getting to keep all the gold we found, they get the entire trip filmed and a Youtube video. Congrats Rod Hall […]
This could have both positive and negative effects. The positive is perhaps President Trump will cut much of the regulation and allow the many, many miners to actually mine these minerals here in the USA. The downside is, the price for them will go up while this fight is playing out. From Zerohedge: Back in […]
From one of our mining buddies in Idaho: South Fork Clearwater confluence with Crooked River Oh my God! Will you look at that… Just another successful project by the Be a Perce Tribe. This is the turbidity level at the mouth of Crooked River this morning where it joins the South Fork of the Clearwater […]
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 […]
April 15 (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said on Monday she would ban all fossil fuel extraction on federal land and in coastal waters, setting herself apart from a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls who have made climate change a central campaign issue but have yet to outline specific policies. Warren said in […]