Month: July 2015

New Outing Date

We have another outing planned and want to see everyone there! Members, non-members, kids, general public, all are welcome. This outing is open to everyone for FREE! YES FREE! August 8th-9th at “The Office” Back to work NO! This is the name of the claim about 20 miles East of Coulterville. There is still good […]

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Final push in Mariposa County CA

The final push in Mariposa County and the Supervisor Smallcombe’s Conflict of Interest on the Conditional Use Permitting scheme (CUP). We are asking for your help in one last push on this horrid attempt to create yet another layer of bureaucracy on mining. There are numerous laws, regulations and agencies which regulate mining activities, even […]

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Urgent call to action in Mariposa County

URGENT UPDATE ON MARIPOSA COUNTY: We had truly believed the radical Liberal Supervisor, Rosemarie Smallcombe would have recused herself by now, but she has not, even after numerous letters demanding her recusal for the conflict of interest stated below. We need to light up her Facebook page calling for her recusal immediately or face an […]

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Final push to stop SB637 in California

The final push is next Tuesday to stop this ridiculous Senate Bill, SB637 which will create yet another layer of regulation and permitting schemes for suction dredging in California. As most of you know by now, this is about mercury and there have been lies upon lies about mercury and suction dredging coming from Sierra […]

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The Law of the Forest

LAW OF THE FOREST Prospecting and Mining on the National Forests by Clay Diggins Another MinerDiggins Adventure All Rights Reserved Right to reproduce granted provided text is unmodified and attribution is included. ________________________________________ Many of you seem to have had difficulty with the Forest Service employees in relation to your right to extract valuable minerals […]

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Update on Mariposa County proposal scheme to ban mining on private property

Update on Mariposa County Supervisor concocting a scheme to essentially ban mining on private land in the County: Many of you are probably aware of a scheme by a far left Liberal Supervisor in Mariposa who is pushing a C.U.P., a conditional use permitting scheme which would require anyone who wants to mine on their […]

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Understanding our opposition

“Frustrated, fed up, sick of it, tyranny, Fascism and when is it going to stop” are just some of the language we hear from public land users and small miners when they describe what is happening with the USFS, DFG, BLM and EPA agencies. These agencies which were formed to “manage” our lands and wildlife, […]

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Video shows hypocrisy of the opposition to suction dredging

We just saw this video we believe Melissa Fernandez produced on the hypocrisy of Senator Allen on mercury collection in CA. The simple fact they are hypocrites is no surprise to us. They sincerely believe the “ends justify the means”. Meaning, do whatever it takes to stop mining entirely and promote their political buddies………the Sierra […]

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AMRA just added our newest claim on the SF Stanislaus (Tuolumne County)

AMRA members and potential AMRA members: We have just posted our newest addition to AMRA claims……………”I-Bar” on the AMRA website for members. I-Bar is just below the LDMA claim on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River about a mile or so. This is very close to where the Buzzard Massie pulled 800 ounces back […]

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