Montana miner back to mining after contacting AMRA

by Shannon Poe | May 16, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We’ve just received a call from a small-scale miner in Montana we’ve been helping for the past few months on issues he’s had with the USFS not approving his Plan of Operations (PoO).   After several years of delays and outright deceptive tactics by...

About California suction dredge permits

by Shannon Poe | May 8, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We were going to announce to the small miners tomorrow about a meeting we had scheduled with the Executive Director of the California Water Board, Eileen Sobeck.   We were going to get some answers for you on the delays of the permitting program they have already said...

They are at it again, an attempt to destroy the mining grants

by Shannon Poe | May 7, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Congress has unsuccessfully tried to reform the Mining Law of 1872 several times over the years, including a near-miss in 1994. It’s high time to try again. The Mining Law President Ulysses Grant signed was the work of Bill Stewart, Nevada’s colorful “Silver Senator,”...

Exposing the Idaho Conservation League (ICL)

by Shannon Poe | May 5, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This article is astounding in that Ms. Schumacher, the author researches the money to fund the radical environmental group ICL, Idaho Conservation League.  It is an amazing read and it will likely make your jaw drop open….then the anger sets in. From the...

Oregon Bohmker case denied to be heard by SCOTUS

by Shannon Poe | Apr 29, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This is a post we were hoping would be good news, but it is not. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear the Bohmker case. This means the 9th Circuit Court case stands. SCOTUS only hears 3% of cases presented to it and this exposes just what a...

I hope you are waking up to what the states are doing to small mining

by Shannon Poe | Apr 26, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

You all hear us talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon and know we are supporting this one with everything we have.  You need to support this case. This……….is why. If the states are allowed to circumvent federal law, expect mining to be banned, all...