OPPOSE SB 2 (new Senate bill in CA)

by Shannon Poe | Dec 7, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

PLEASE SHARE THIS POST NOW OK folks, we have asked you to speak out and oppose horrible bills when they come up and here is one which must be opposed immediately. First, let us ask you a question: Are you sick of our politicians coming up with new schemes to tax the...

AMRA dinner and the EPA

by Shannon Poe | Nov 11, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

As many of you know, we are working on the Idaho suction dredge issue where the USFS has ignored the people and restricted the number of dredges on the SF Clearwater to just 15. We learned of a few things about how this process was brought about and decided to do a...

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...