by Shannon Poe | May 19, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Quick update on some happenings: Tuesday we took an L.A. Times reporter and his camerawoman mining for a story they are working on about how the floods this year have helped out small miners. Of note, he asked me where we stand politically and this is what I told him:...
by Shannon Poe | May 16, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
That means virtually every revenue-producing, recreational and other activity is regulated, restricted, prohibited or under attack in courts and other venues. No timber cutting in national forests, fostering massive wildfires. No vehicles, wheelchairs, energy or...
by Shannon Poe | May 15, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
We have a very good friend who can answer a lot of your questions about what is happening in the world of “always attack Trump”. We start our day reading his posts and encourage you to as well. Getting Trump Dot Com ...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 12, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 10, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
“…over a decade, eight environmental groups filed more than 3,300 cases in federal district courts across the country. In the last two years of the Bush Administration, seven groups filed 253 lawsuits; in the first two years of the Obama Administration, those groups...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 8, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
As most of you know, we have had our fair share of issue’s with the US Forest Service. Issue’s like restricting the number of miners who can dredge their claims in Idaho, a Taser being pulled on people panning in creeks, random and illegal stops of...
