by Shannon Poe | Sep 16, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 14, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
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...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 7, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation
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...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 1, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 30, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 24, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
The Green Behind California’s Greens