You may wonder why we are running a story about the EPA here in AMRA. Read this article, then the one above it and you will see the correlation. The EPA was formed in 1970 with (as always with Government) good intentions. What it has morphed into is the largest public land restrictor in history. […]
Oregon is currently under attack like California has been for a number of years. Senate Bill SB838B would effectively destroy all mining in Oregon. They plan to impose a moratorium like CA and unless we act now, it will pass. I URGE you to call your House Representative and let them know how you feel […]
Yet another unlawful move by the opposition in Sacramento to ban nearly every type of mining for their agenda. Emergency Rulemaking Approved for Suction Dredge Mining June 28, 2013 by ahughan The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) today approved an emergency rulemaking to amend an existing regulation defining suction dredge mining. The California Department of […]
June 29, 2013 in Letters, Opinion Mining highly scrutinized Print Email I have a recreational mining claim on a tributary that eventually feeds into the North Fork of the Clearwater River. The idiot that posted those signs should be prosecuted, but don’t label all miners into that category. Orofino, Orogrande and Moose creeks all feed the Clearwater, […]
The Challenge Of Prospecting Beginning prospectors often have the misguided idea that they can just walk out in the stream and find gold. But, if it was that easy to find gold then we would all be millionaires. Dredging for gold takes a specific set of skills and know-how to produce a large yield. The […]
Turn A Profit By Using A Gold Dredge “There’s gold in dem’ there hills!” That one statement has led many men to fortune. But, quite often, the fortune was not in the hills, but in the creeks and rivers running down them. By grabbing a pan, and diving in many people have found riches, but […]
Staking Claims For Gold & Other Valuable Minerals Properties that are owned by a state or the federal government are normally considered to be public property. However, you cannot extract valuable materials – including gold – from that property without staking a claim. Failing to stake a gold claim can result in severe fines and […]
The New American Gold Rush We’ve all seen the iconic American image – dozens of old west prospectors squatting next to a creek with a shallow pan. This is actually a very accurate depiction of what mineral-rich rivers and streams in California looked like during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Today, more and more […]
Pit & Shaft Gold Mines It’s very easy to sit on a riverbank with a shallow pan and find a few flakes of gold, but if you really want to make a profit with gold prospecting, you’ll probably need to do a little digging. Most people who’ve struck it rich in the gold market have […]
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 […]