Update on USFS citation of AMRA President Poe

by Shannon Poe | Sep 13, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Facebook, News, News & Events, Top News

Back in May of this year we posted about how the USFS cited AMRA President Shannon Poe for “defrauding an inn keeper” over an absurd claim by them that a claim owner must pay a $7 fee to a third party garbage collection agency while on their mining claim....

What is an NOI, a POO and when do I need it?

by Shannon Poe | Aug 25, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News

Please excuse our absence, it’s been rather hectic lately with claims deadlines, deaths of personal friends, upcoming events and other personal issues. That being said, we have had a number of calls lately about NOI’s and POO’s. We wanted to explain...

Roaring Camp coming up August 27th, reserve your spot today

by Shannon Poe | Aug 1, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, News, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News, Valued Partners

The Roaring Camp outing is coming up August 27th and if you plan on going, you need to reserve your spot. Roaring Camp, the world-famous mining camp located in Pine Grove about an hour south of Placerville and an hour and a half east of Stockton is one of our favorite...

Fascinating historical book on the mining acts

by Shannon Poe | Jul 19, 2022 | All About Mining, Facebook, National, News, News & Events

Many of you know Gold Seeker by JN Perlot is my favorite book of all time. A Belgian immigrant in 1851 who chronicled his life in the south Motherlode of CA. Well, a good buddy of ours (Kevin Allard of Backcounty Outfitters in AZ) sent us this one and it’s...

Biden administration hurts American miners, helps Chinese miners

by Shannon Poe | Jul 12, 2022 | All About Mining, Facebook, National, News, News & Events, Top News

We have some close friends who are currently trying to get their rare earth mines going, but they run into many, many problems from the current administration. But China…ya, go ahead and mine away. From the article: Stauber said, “[T]his administration just will...

Electra fire threatens AMRA board member and Roaring Camp

by Shannon Poe | Jul 5, 2022 | Facebook, National, News, News & Events, Top News, Valued Partners

We are watching this fire extremely close as one of AMRA’s board members home is only a few miles away currently from the front line of this fire. Also, our close friends at Roaring Camp have now just evacuated their camp as seen here on Ricky’s post...