by Shannon Poe | Mar 18, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Treasure Hunters Claim Pennsylvania State Officials Blocking Dig for Lost Civil War Gold Treasure hunters on the trail of a lost Civil War gold shipment claim they have discovered the fortune in a remote location of Pennsylvania, but state and federal authorities have...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Last fall we took a reporter from KQED in the Bay area of California out to hunt for some gold. Here is his article: Right after we meet, Shannon Poe asks me if I’m a) allergic to poison oak and b) freaked out by ghosts. Because where we’re going, he says, there’s a...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 11, 2018 | All About Mining, News & Events
Two weeks dredging in Alaska……… 12 of us have pulled the trigger and have booked a two week dredge trip at Gold Fever Prospecting in Alaska. We will be going on the 8th of June and be there for two weeks. They offer all inclusive trips, food,...
by Stacy Serrato | Mar 8, 2018 | News & Events
For a quick video explanation of Senate bill 1222, click below, then keep reading Senate Bill 1222 (SB1222), a California Bill on Small Scale Mining BACKGROUND: In 2015 SB637 was introduced, passed, and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The law took effect...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 5, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
These days, Interior spends over $200 million a year buying land. That raises the perennial question: how much is enough? The government already owns 635 million acres, almost a third of the United States. That includes 250 million acres of BLM, 193 million acres of...