by Shannon Poe | Jan 5, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
Update on Brandon Rinehart’s Supreme Court case: Today is a big day. Brandon’s case is scheduled for conference. We should all know if SCOTUS is going to “hear” Brandon’s case sometime early next week. The core issue is whether or not the...
by Shannon Poe | Jan 2, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
One of our staff members found this website and man do we love it. It is a historical site of mines, placers and mining towns in the West. Although the exact accuracy of the mines we have been researching is not precise, it’s pretty darn close. We have been...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 10, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Please SHARE this post if you love small mining. Recently a brief was written to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Solicitor General of the US recommending the Supreme Court NOT hear the landmark Brandon Rinehart case. The case is about whether or not...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 12, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
Update on the Barstow/BLM road closures. We spent much of today on the phone with attorney’s, County Supervisors, other elected folks, the media and our own staff. Not to mention dealing with an injured pup, our boy Charlie. He’s going to be OK, but man...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 10, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
The picture here was taken today. This is in front of the Bear River sign at the entrance to the public area near Auburn CA. We drove there today and AMRA pressed to be included (on your behalf) in a meeting with Senatorial, Congressional, and Assembly staff members...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 8, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We’ve long held that the EPA is the most dangerous regulatory agency within government. They are attempting to be Congress by unilaterally rewriting the definitions of our laws so they can escape scrutiny by the very public who they are supposed to represent and...