Cattle Canyon project needs to be opposed

by Shannon Poe | Dec 19, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Recently we were contacted by some people down in the San Gabriel area of the greater Los Angeles area about some moves the USFS were proposing. The moves include making the area off limits to overnight camping and eliminating much of the parking previously reserved...

National Monuments and deception

by Shannon Poe | Dec 18, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events

When one reviews the language in the Antiquities Act, Presidents can make monuments, but in the language of the actual act, they must be the smallest area possible. This act has been abused….by both sides of the political spectrum.   Hundreds of millions of...

AMRA USFS lawsuit

by Shannon Poe | Dec 14, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

  3 years ago this January, two retired Veterans, one with his wife were panning and crevicing on their AMRA claim near Coulterville. It was a cold day, but sunny and they were each finding some good color enjoying a day out from the bustle of the valley. Two...

A very, very important post

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...

Pacific Legal Foundation stands up for ranchers

by Shannon Poe | Dec 9, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events

An excerpt from a PLF (Pacific Legal Foundation) on property rights. Here, Fish and Wildlife are taking millions of acres without considering the economic impacts of their decisions….illegally.   We are going to be writing about some of these issues and the...

Article written about AMRA standing up to the BLM in Barstow CA

by Shannon Poe | Dec 5, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

A very fair piece written on AMRA standing up to the illegal road closures down in Barstow with Route 66 and Temecula gold clubs.  We have not, and will not let this issue go…   “We had a lengthy debate about that and I encouraged her to do a little bit of...