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Exciting news today: We have some exciting news for everyone today. First of all, we are announcing THREE NEW AMRA claims! One is just above “The Office” where our outing was just held. It is in Montgomery Gulch, which feeds into Bull Creek at the top of our 3 contiguous claims.The claim was […]
This is a claim we had hoped to pick up in Colorado. We have a member who is there right now and drove for a day to get there. Take a close look at what the BLM has said can be done here in reference to small mining…………….panning… only. No digging outside the river, no […]
Suction Dredging OPEN for business in Siskyou County. This is from Dave McCracken who is one of the primary people fighting and funding the litigation for small miners over suction dredging in CA. We need to give Dave credit for getting (in writing no less) the Siskyou County D.A. to openly state dredging is open […]
We want to thank everyone who sent in letters demanding the Rinehart case be published. The court heard your demands and are going to publish the case. Well done everyone and thank you. There is strength in numbers and speaking out does work. http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=3&doc_id=2055824&doc_no=C074662
With the recent decision by the appeals court in the Brandon Rinehart case, we will opine on what we believe our future looks like in reference to suction dredging. In a nutshell………..Brandon Rinehart owns several claims on the Feather River in Northern CA. He was cited for dredging without a permit,had his equipment confiscated and […]
This letter is courtesy of James Buchal, attorney for Brandon Rinehart. While encouraging, we want to make sure everyone understands this is not a ruling on preemption and since it is not published, it cannot be used in future litigation by law. MEMORANDUM To: Jerry Hobbs, Public Lands for the People From: James […]
This is from our friend, Joe Greene, retired EPA scientist. Joe outlines what is happening in Oregon and what is happening all across America. Update on Oregon’s SB 838 Study Group By: Thom Seal, Ph.D., PE. As a scientist, engineer, and miner, I was asked to participate in the Oregon Governor’s SB 838 Study Group […]
From our good friend at ICMJ, Scott Harn. 09/05/2014 Update on California Suction Gold Dredge hearings Print by Scott Harn, Editor/Publisher, ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal _______________ Latest Update: 9/8/2014 There is nothing exciting to report from the September 5 hearing beyond what we noted below, though additional dates have been scheduled for the […]
IMPORTANT ALERT: A bill has been introduced in the United States Congress, HB 5204, entitled The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act of 2014, which will allow fees to be collected for most of the “public land” that is controlled by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. If the bill passes, it […]