USFS in Idaho in yet another land grab….ACTION REQUIRED

by Shannon Poe | Jan 15, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

How long does it take you to open an email window and send an email two sentences long? One minute? Two?   This is what we are asking you to do and to oppose a new Wild and Scenic proposal on the South Fork Clearwater in Idaho. This is the same river we have been...

Study focuses on restoring Yuba River, with $97M worth of proposals identified

by Shannon Poe | Jan 12, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Welfare Queens? More of the same. If tax money (public money) were removed from this environmental scam, these radical environmental groups would have to close shop and go get a real job. Their dependence on the government is absurd. They will not be producing a...

The plight of the California miner

by Shannon Poe | Jan 11, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events

In this article by Brad Jones, he outlines just what happened in California on the suction dredge fight.  Great read. http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2018/01/11/supreme-court-deals-a-blow-to-california-mining-rights/ Or for the complete article,...

Collusion between USFS and Enviro group exposed

by Shannon Poe | Jan 8, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

This article is a glaring example how our agencies tasked with managing our lands have become political activists. We are seeing this in Idaho, in California, in Oregon, in Washington and in Montana….and that are just the states we are currently working on and...

A big day for Brandon Rinehart

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...

A great research website and tool for mining

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...