A few weeks ago we brought you a story of 8 miners, one a claim owner allowing his buddies to mine with him and of a DFW (CA Fish and Wildlife) officer confiscating their foot valve on their highbanker alleging they were violating the 5653(g) section of the DFW regulations. The miner was told he […]
Have you ever wanted your own gold claim? How about a new 9mm handgun? New mining supplies? What if you could get these for just $1.00? Well you can. Come to our public outing in just 8 days and these prizes could be yours. AMRA opens our 5 claims to the […]
At our annual dinner/fundraiser this past December, Carol and John Grimes won a 3 day mining adventure with AMRA President Shannon Poe, this is part 1 of that 3 day trip. The videos were shot on AMRA claims in the South Motherlode. Amazing gold, amazing people. John reminded us of our dear Mr. Ratley, monkey […]
AMRA President Shannon Poe has one of his mining claims illegally top-filed. A claim AMRA President Shannon Poe (and three others) picked up in 2009 was top-filed by another miner in 2010. This has resulted in a myriad of angry phone calls and is a prime example of how to handle a situation like […]
Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold back into the stream. We dredge with the intent to make money, […]
As most of you know, we have had our fair share of issue’s with the US Forest Service. Issue’s like restricting the number of miners who can dredge their claims in Idaho, a Taser being pulled on people panning in creeks, random and illegal stops of grandfathers and grandsons driving on public roads among others. […]
To the President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Donald J. Trump, April 5, 2017 I am one of many, many independent full time small scale gold miners in America struggling to survive due to massive regulation and bills passed during […]