We have long held to the belief that the EPA is the most dangerous government agency in America. They have lost numerous lawsuits for regulatory over-reach, have fined property owners $37,000 per day for digging ponds on their own private property (only to have that reversed by the courts) and have a 7 billion dollar […]
As you all know by now, we are facing some significant challenges with the never ending assault on small mining and public land use all across America. With the election of Mr. Trump, it appears to have some lights shining at the end of that tunnel. Take for example some of these things we […]
We have received an overwhelming response to our post yesterday about President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating the WOTUS (Waters Of The United States) power grab by the EPA. Let’s clear a few things up here; First, the EPA did not have the Constitutional authority to do this rule in the first place as […]
With the stroke of a pen today, President Trump just neutered the EPA’s totalitarian dream of controlling every river, lake, mud puddle, ditch and rain gutter in America. This will have positive effects for small miners. Many may recall we stood up to the EPA for several years in Northern Idaho on the SF Clearwater […]
Does a suction dredge grind fish? NO. We shot this very short video for our presentation during the California Water Board permitting scheme as a result of SB637. It was presented on behalf of the small mining community. A few things to remember: A suction dredge removes 98% of the mercury from waterways. A suction […]
When John Keady, independent miner and owner of Rock Chuck in Schurz, received a certified letter dated Jan. 27, from the United States Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) out of Reno, he never dreamt it would be declaring his Last Chance Mine in the Mount Diablo Meridian of Mineral County […]
This is our formal letter to the California Water Board on the SB637 permitting scheme. We presented 4 times for small miners during this required process of public comments. We want to thank everyone who attended these meetings and provided input. A special thank you to Craig Lindsay of Western Mining Alliance for disputing the […]
HERE IS OUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AMRA is pleased to announce that we are putting on our own GOLD & GREAT OUTDOORS SHOW, September 23rd-24th at the Auburn Fairgrounds in conjunction with our ANNUAL DINNER on Saturday night. We have reserved multiple buildings at the fairgrounds for the show and plan to have over 80 vendors […]
Once again, a federal agency is trying to ban mining claims. This is 10 MILLION ACRES of them. Call your congressperson and tell them to stop this insanity. http://elkodaily.com/news/local/blm-to-seek-mining-ban-comments-in-elko/article_bbe93489-23a6-5c8e-8cda-65084fd9876d.html?utm_content=buffer296ba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC BLM to ban mining claims
This is Craig Lindsay of Western Mining Alliance (WMA) and he destroys the “Fleck report” which the Dept. of Fish and Game used to justify the ban on mining. It wasn’t just flawed, it was intentionally manipulated to obtain the outcome they wanted. Well done Craig.