Mercury laiden CA streams

What this article fails to report is that dredging removes this mercury from the streams. Study: Gold Rush-Era Mercury Flowing Downstream An estimated 26 million pounds of mercury was used for gold  recovery in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath-Trinity Mountains Monday,...

URGENT CALL TO ACTION ON FROG LISTING

URGENT ACTION NEEDED We received this from our friend Kirk McKenzie at DRA.  The opposition to public lands is stuffing the comments on the frogs and toads listing so they can close 2.2 million acres of OUR land from you.  We need you to be heard like never before. ...

Understanding the Government shutdown

From our friends at Canada Free Press.  They outline very clearly that all we are witnessing is for political gains and the American people are being used as pawns.   Just what is a “public” park? National Parks Held Hostage By Gary Hunt (Bio and...

AMRA Outing October 19th and 20th

UPDATE 10/15/2013: WE WILL BE ALLOWING NON MEMBERS TO MINE THE CLAIM FOR A DAILY FEE OF JUST $10.00.  We will have releases for them to sign at the claim. We will be having our first outing at the AMRA claim “Ours” located just out of Coulterville and...

IDAHO EPA gets restrictive on dredgers, very restrictive.

Idaho gold miners  frustrated by new EPA permit                                                                                      2013-08-24T13:30:00Z Idaho gold miners  frustrated by new EPA permitBy BRIAN SMITH Times-News missoulian.com August 24, 2013 1:30 pm...