Feds to weigh yet another withdrawal of MILLIONS of acres in the west

by Shannon Poe | Oct 6, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government is using a new assessment of mineral resources on 10 million acres in six Western states to decide whether to ban potential mining on the land to protect an imperiled bird. At some point, any reasonable human being has to...

33% of public use roads in Montana are being closed.

by Shannon Poe | Sep 27, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

For those who hear us speak at public venue’s, we frequently talk about all the calls we get from Montana. Without doubt, we get more calls about road closures up in Montana than any other state. Here is why, they are closing 1/3 of the roads in Montana. 1/3,...

KCRA 3 airs investigative report on mining Taser incident

by Shannon Poe | Sep 19, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

The long awaited news report was finally aired on KCRA 3 out of Sacramento on the incident where a USFS Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) pulled, and pointed a Taser at an AMRA member while he was panning for gold.  ...

Miner’s Swap Meet on the Yuba September 24th and 25th!

by Shannon Poe | Sep 3, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Giveaways, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

We are just 3 weeks away from the Miners Swap Meet and outing up on the NF Yuba! We’ve decided, instead of having a drawing for 1 mining claim, we are giving away 3 claims! Have old equipment you want to sell or trade? Bring it. Want to learn how to gold...

Pacific Legal Foundation issue’s a statement on Rinehart

by Shannon Poe | Aug 22, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This is going to be a difficult road going forward and we have been preparing for this eventuality if Brandon’s case turned out the way it did today. We thought we’d give you PLF’s post today…….. From the Pacific Legal Foundation:...

The Brandon Rinehart case……

by Shannon Poe | Aug 22, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events

We have read the decision and while we are not shocked, we are surprised at much of the language they have used, and what they cite as the premise for their decision. In reading their opinion, primary in preemption for them is hydraulic mining. They claim since there...