As you are undoubtedly aware, many management and regulatory agencies are going full speed to stop suction dredging. The USFS is no different and has proposed a new scheme to restrict the number of dredges they will allow in Northern Idaho down to just a handful. They are claiming they need to do this […]
We gave an extensive interview for this article and they eliminated all of the statement where we talked about the over $6,000,000 Sierra Fund has received of the tax payer money to dredge while real miners are arrested and their equipment is confiscated. Fact: modern suction dredges remove 98% of the mercury from the rivers […]
Yet another attempt by activists running our government to eliminate small mining: Do you know how big 3.8 million acres is? It is nearly the size of Massachusetts. It is 3 times the size of Delaware. This is the size of the area that is being proposed right now to be eliminated from mineral entry […]
Small mining and the fight for freedom By: Mr. Shannon Poe President, AMRA, American Mining Rights Association Road closures, thousands of gates, Tasers being pulled on small miners, restrictions on using shovels to dig for gold, permits being required to drive to your claim, Senators being bought by Environmental groups and passing bills to stop […]
In yet another stunning move by the current Administration, BLM is planning on and proposing closing 10 million acres to mining claims and mining even though the sage grouse did not get listed as endangered. For the article, click HERE
Small mining and the fight for freedom By: Mr. Shannon Poe President, AMRA, American Mining Rights Association Road closures, thousands of gates, Tasers being pulled on small miners, restrictions on using shovels to dig for gold, permits being required to drive to your claim, Senators being bought by Environmental groups and passing bills to stop […]
September 14th AMRA update: We just got back from Southern California where we met with several groups and clubs to prospect the San Gabriel River (in opposition to the USFS and Mr. Obama’s Executive Action declaring it a National Monument and off limits to panning). It was hosted by East Fork Gold Prospectors and was […]
California small miners: After 6 years of an illegal moratorium pushed by, lobbied by, created by and bought by Izzy Martin of Sierra Fund, it is time we use their own tactics on them. Izzy Martin is the reason we founded AMRA, to fight illegal and unconstitutional methods being used against the small miners to […]
AMRA members and potential AMRA members: We have just posted our newest addition to AMRA claims……………”I-Bar” on the AMRA website for members. I-Bar is just below the LDMA claim on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River about a mile or so. This is very close to where the Buzzard Massie pulled 800 ounces back […]
Recently, AMRA was contacted by a Mariposa County Supervisor concerning a “CUP” a Conditional Use Permitting scheme concocted by the radical, liberal Supervisor Rosemarie Smallcombe. The proposal is being brought forth by MERG, another radical enviro group based out of Mariposa. Coincidentally……..listed on the Board of Directors of MERG: Rosemarie Smallcombe: B.A., University of California, […]