Month: January 2016

Congressman McClintock supporting public lands

We like to inform everyone when a politician does the right thing, which we all know is rare. We have worked with Congressman McClintock on many issues in the past, most notably, the USFS problems we have all seen and know about now involving the Taser incident and numerous cases of them putting up gates […]

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AMRA has just added 4 new claims!

AMRA is pleased to announce four new claims for our members. The first is about 15 miles east of Quincy, California. The next is on the Salmon River, approximately 80 miles Northeast of Eureka, California. The last two are next two each other on the Cosumnes River about 15 miles east of Shingle Springs, CA. […]

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Important message about the USFS

Important message regarding the USFS in California: We have been working with a leading TV news organization on a factual story regarding the USFS and all the problems we personally have encountered, or our members and supporters have encountered. Issue’s like the two USFS LEO’s (Law Enforcement Officers) pulling a taser on one of our […]

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Urgent call to action, Washington State to require license to mine

Urgent call to action: Washington State is attempting to require a “license” to mine your Federal mining claim and use a gas powered engine. Again, this is being promoted by the radical environmental group Fish Not Gold, a far left group which promotes propaganda and ignores any facts or science. We have provided a letter […]

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We are sending a FOIA to CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

It is time to find out “specifically” what proof the CA DFW has (if anything) where they show even ONE fish was ever harmed by suction dredging in California. January 23, 2016 Mark Stopher Senior Policy Advisor CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1416 Ninth Street Sacramento, California 95814 RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST […]

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2017 Outings and Events Schedule

AMRA 2017 EVENTS SCHEDULE March AMRA events 11/12 – GPAA Gold Show: Phoenix, AZ Arizona Exposition and State Fair 1826 W. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85007 25/26 – GPAA Gold Show: Portland, OR Portland Expo Center 2060 N. Marine Dr. Portland, OR 97217 April AMRA events 1/2 – AMRA Outing: “the Office” 22/23 – GPAA […]

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Defiant suction dredge miners in Oregon tell authorities to “drop dead”.

Published in the mail tribune in Oregon, Galice mining district miners are fed up. For the article, click http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160114/NEWS/160119773/101033/NEWS

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Dear Presidential candidate

7 letters we are sending today on behalf of small miners and public land users. These letters are addressed to: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.  This is not an endorsement of any one candidate, we are only showing the template of the letters being sent. […]

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Feds to ban mining claims for 20 years

So the Federal Government didn’t get their closure of millions of acres of land due to the grouse, so they are just going to eliminate mining claims from being filed for the next 20 years. Sick of this yet?   For the article in the Elko Daily Free Press click HERE

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WMA Newsletter – January

For those that have not had the opportunity to read the excellent newsletter put out by the Western Mining Alliance, we wanted to pass it along to you. The WMA does a lot of work behind the scenes such as 100’s of hours of research. To read more about them and what they do to […]

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